The standardwing bird-of-paradise, also known as Wallace's standardwing or as the standardwing, is a species of bird-of-paradise. It is the only member in monotypic genus Semioptera.
Standardwing Bird of Paradise 0A2A0515
Semioptera wallacii wallacii male. Museum specimen
Piopio
Campephaga Aurulenta Smit
Lophorina
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Lophorina is a genus of birds in the birds-of-paradise family Paradisaeidae that are endemic to New Guinea, formerly containing a single species, but as of 2017, containing three species.
Standardwing bird-of-paradise
…Semioptera is composed of semeion for a flag or military standard and ptera for wings. The standardwing bird-of-paradises' closest relatives are the superb birds-of-paradise (Lophorina species), and actually evolved after the Drepanornis sicklebills, making them one of their other closest relatives. It has two subspecies…
Lophorina minor by Bowdler Sharpe
Vogelkop Lophorina male display 0A2A8815
Paradisaeidae Lophorina superba
Lophorina minor Monograph of the Paradiseidae