Epimachus ellioti Ward, 1873:742
Elliot's bird of paradise
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Invalid (hybrid) (Thörn et al., 2024)
Last record: before 1893
Distribution & Habitat
New Guinea (western or north-western)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
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Source: Wikimedia Commons.
References
De Vos, Ricardo ("Rick"). (2017). Extinction in a Distant Land: The Question of Elliot's Bird of Paradise, pp. 89-115. In: Rose, Deborah Bird, van Dooren, Thom and Chrulew, Matthew (eds.). Extinction Studies: Stories of Time, Death, and Generations. Columbia University Press.
Frith, Clifford B. and Beehler, Bruce M. (1998). The Birds of Paradise. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [pp. 508-509]
Fuller, Errol. (1995). The Lost Birds of Paradise. Shrewsbury: Swan Hill Press.
Hume, Julian Pender and Walters, Michael. (2012). Extinct Birds. London: T & AD Poyser. 544 pp.
Thörn, Filip, Soares, André E. R., Müller, Ingo A., Päckert, Martin, Frahnert, Sylke, van Grouw, Hein, Kamminga, Pepijn, Peona, Valentina, Suh, Alexander, Blom, Mozes P. K. and Irestedt, Martin. (2024). Contemporary intergeneric hybridization and backcrossing among birds-of-paradise. Evolution Letters 8(5): 680-694. https://doi.org/10.1093/evlett/qrae023
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliot%27s_bird_of_paradise