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

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Paradisaea or Lophorina superba. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Paradisaea or Lophorina superba and, of course, Paradisaea or Lophorina superba synonyms and on the right images related to the word Paradisaea or Lophorina superba.

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...
- 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...
- genus Lophorina was introduced in 1816 by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot for a single species, Paradisea superba, the Vogelkop lophorina. This...
- The family Paradisaeidae is introduced (as Paradiseidae) in 1825 with Paradisaea as the type genus by the English naturalist William John Swainson. For...
- (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...
- 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...
- patterns is unknown. The species has been recorded hybridizing with Lophorina superba. Queen Carola's parotia often includes the enigmatic Berlepsch's parotia...
- Pale-billed sicklebill, Drepanornis bruijnii Greater lophorina, Lophorina superba Lesser lophorina, Lophorina minor (E) Magnificent riflebird, Ptiloris magnificus...
- P****eriformes Superfamily: Corvoidea Family: Paradisaeidae Hybrid: Paradigalla carunculata × Lophorina superba Synonyms Loborhamphus nobilis Rothschild, 1901...