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Loria's satinbird

Loria's satinbird
Cnemophilus loriae.JPG
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cnemophilidae
Genus: Cnemophilus
Species: C. loriae
Binomial name
Cnemophilus loriae
(Salvadori, 1894)

The Loria's satinbird or velvet satinbird (Formerly known as the Loria's bird-of-paradise) (Cnemophilus loriae) is a species of bird in the family Cnemophilidae. It is found in the New Guinea Highlands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Italian ethnographer Lamberto Loria.



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