I don't know that this courtship difference has "cinched the deal for species status" between these two closely related birds of paradise, but the oval versus sickle shapes are pretty dang cool. https://t.co/9RhUYWUaOB and https://t.co/rHyYFweOyh https://t.co/TuQRa6qgve
Read the full paper and find more great images of the Vogelkop Bird-of-Paradise Lophorina niedda here: https://t.co/VTUvJFBNqb #openaccess https://t.co/5fAtAbMh8W
Researchers analyze the first audiovisual recordings of the Vogelkop Superb Bird-of-Paradise Lophorina niedda.
Distinctive courtship phenotype of Lophorina niedda confirms new species status https://t.co/VTUvJFBNqb https://t.co/CGreSvBx1g
Distinctive courtship phenotype of the Vogelkop Superb Bird-of-Paradise - amazing images in this paper! https://t.co/RcbOX2kja6 https://t.co/QeIuh3Rlrx
Distinctive courtship phenotype of the Vogelkop Superb Bird-of-Paradise Lophorina niedda Mayr, 1930 confirms new species status https://t.co/VTUvJFBNqb https://t.co/ou3fbYk55b
Splitting and lumping: Distinctive courtship phenotype of the Vogelkop Superb Bird-of-Paradise (Lophorina niedda) Mayr, 1930 confirms new species status https://t.co/MHPJhOJYbE Full Text [PeerJ] #ornithology Indonesian New Guinea.