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ForestCup nestMedium · 77 g
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It is a small, approximately 26 cm (about 10 inches) long, (passerine) bird. The male is black with an iridescent green crown, blue-green breast cover, and a long velvety black erectile cape covering his back. The female is a reddish-brown bird with brownish-barred buff below. The young is similar to the female. The Vogelkop lophorina is a dimorphic species.
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When to see the Vogelkop Lophorina
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Vogelkop Lophorina
The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Vogelkop Lophorina
The Vogelkop lophorina, formerly part of the superb bird-of-paradise complex, is a species of passerine bird in the bird-of-paradise family Paradisaeidae. It is found in montane northwest New Guinea.
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Easily confused with
Lesser LophorinaLophorina minorThe lesser lophorina, 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.
Greater LophorinaLophorina latipennisIt is a small, approximately 26 cm (about 10 inches) long, passerine bird.
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