Definition of Paradisaea or Lophorina superba. Meaning of Paradisaea or Lophorina superba. Synonyms of Paradisaea or Lophorina superba

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Definition of Paradisaea or Lophorina superba

Paradisaea or Lophorina superba
Superb Su*perb", a. [F. superbe, L. superbus, fr. super over. See Super-.] 1. Grand; magnificent; august; stately; as, a superb edifice; a superb colonnade. 2. Rich; elegant; as, superb furniture or decorations. 3. Showy; excellent; grand; as, a superb exhibition. Superb paradise bird (Zo["o]l.), a bird of paradise (Paradis[ae]a, or Lophorina, superba) having the scapulars erectile, and forming a large ornamental tuft on each shoulder, and a large gorget of brilliant feathers on the breast. The color is deep violet, or nearly black, with brilliant green reflections. The gorget is bright metallic green. Superb warber. (Zo["o]l.) See Blue wren, under Wren. -- Su*perb"ly, adv. -- Su*perb"ness, n.

Meaning of Paradisaea or Lophorina superba from wikipedia

- Guinea for the no longer extant type specimen for Lophorina superba. The original type specimen for superba had previously been ****umed to come from the Bird's...
- genus Lophorina was introduced in 1816 by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot for a single species, Paradisea superba, the Vogelkop lophorina. This...
- The Vogelkop lophorina (Lophorina superba), formerly part of the superb bird-of-paradise complex, is a species of p****erine bird in the bird-of-paradise...
- The family Paradisaeidae is introduced (as Paradiseidae) in 1825 with Paradisaea as the type genus by the English naturalist William Swainson. For many...
- (presumed Epimachus fastosus atratus x Lophorina superba feminina). Rothschild's bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea raggiana augustaevictoriae x P. minor finschi)...
- carunculata), superb bird-of-paradise (Lophorina superba), and perhaps the crescent-caped lophorina (Lophorina niedda). Black sicklebills, like many of...
- patterns is unknown. The species has been recorded hybridizing with Lophorina superba. Queen Carola's parotia often includes the enigmatic Berlepsch's parotia...
- is an intergeneric hybrid between a Queen Carola's parotia and greater lophorina. Only one female specimen is known of this hybrid, held in the Berlin...
- presumed to be an intergeneric hybrid between a black sicklebill and greater lophorina. Only one adult male specimen is known of this bird, and is held in the...
- that is an intergeneric hybrid between a western parotia and greater lophorina. The common name commemorates Maarten Dirk van Renesse van Duivenbode...