Lesser lophorina explained

The lesser lophorina (Lophorina minor), also known as lesser superb bird-of-paradise or rasping bird-of-paradise, is a species of passerine bird in the bird-of-paradise family Paradisaeidae.

It is endemic to the Bird's Tail Peninsula (Papua New Guinea). It was formerly considered as a subspecies of the superb bird-of-paradise, and elevated to species rank in 2017.^{[1] [2]}

Notes and References

1. Irestedt . Martin . Batalha-Filho . Henrique . Ericson . Per G. P. . Christidis . Les . Schodde . Richard . 2017 . Phylogeny, biogeography and taxonomic consequences in a bird-of-paradise species complex, Lophorina–Ptiloris (Aves: Paradisaeidae) . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 181 . 2 . 439–470 . 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx004.
2. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . Rasmussen . Pamela . Pamela Rasmussen . January 2022 . Crows, mudnesters, melampittas, Ifrit, birds-of-paradise . IOC World Bird List Version 12.1 . International Ornithologists' Union . 1 February 2022 .