Splendid Astrapia

SCI Name:  Astrapia splendidissima
Protonym:  Astrapia splendidissima Novit.Zool. 2 p.59
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Paradisaeidae / Astrapia
Taxonomy Code:  splast1
Type Locality:  'Probably Charles-Louis Mountains'' ; type came almost certainly from the Weyland Mts.
Author:  Rothschild
Publish Year:  1895
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

ASTRAPIA
(Paradisaeidae; Ϯ Arfak Astrapia A. nigra) Gr. αστραπιος astrapios or αστραπαιος astrapaios  of lightning  < αστραπη astrapē  flash of lightning  < στεροπη steropē  lightning, glare; "97. ASTRAPIE, Astrapia.  Paradisea, Gm. Lath.  Bec glabre à la base, comprimé latéralement, étroit en dessus, pointu, entaillé et fléchi vers le bout. — Queue très-longue, très-étagée.    Esp. Paradisea nigra, Gm. Lath." (Vieillot 1816); "Astrapia Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 36. Type, by monotypy, Paradisea nigra Gmelin." (Mayr in Peters, 1962, XV, p. 191). Cracraft 1992, concluded that this genus comprised seven species.
Var. Astropia, Atrophia, Atropia.
Synon. Astrarchia, Calastrapia, Taeniaparadisea.

splendidissima
L. splendidissimus  most splendid  < super. splendidus  brilliant  < splendere  to shine.

SUBSPECIES

Splendid Astrapia (splendidissima)
SCI Name: Astrapia splendidissima splendidissima
splendidissima
L. splendidissimus  most splendid  < super. splendidus  brilliant  < splendere  to shine.

Splendid Astrapia (helios)
SCI Name: Astrapia splendidissima helios
helios
Gr. ἡλιος hēlios sun.