Loria's satinbird or velvet satinbird (Cnemophilus loriae), formerly known as Loria's bird-of-paradise, 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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cnemophilidae |
| Genus: | Cnemophilus |
| Species: | C. loriae
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| Cnemophilus loriae (Salvadori, 1895)
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The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Italian ethnographer Lamberto Loria.[2]
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Cnemophilus loriae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22706100A130409204. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22706100A130409204.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 212.
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