Description of the unique Parotia lawesii x Paradisaea rudolphi hybrid Bird of Paradise (Aves: Passeriformes: Paradisaeidae) Author Frith, Clifford B. Author Frith, Dawn W. text Records of the Australian Museum 1996 1996-09-18 48 2 111 116 https://journals.australian.museum/frith-and-frith-1996-rec-aust-mus-482-111116/ journal article 304772 10.3853/j.0067-1975.48.1996.283 9ea13d6e-da60-4892-b9b1-107511a62dea 0067-1975 4654940

Table 1. Measurements! of adult female specimens2 of Paradisaea rudolphi margaritae, Parotia lawesii (exhibita) lawesii and an immature female hybrid between these taxa from Papua New Guinea.

Taxon Collection #	WingTail length length	TarsusBill length length		Bill width
Paradisaea rudolphi margaritae
1 Wing length is the straightened, flattened, maximum length; tail length from point of entry of central pair into skin to tip of longest feather; tarsus from depression in the angle of intertarsal joint to distal end of tarsometatarsus; bill length from tip to union with anterior margin of skull and bill width at anterior nostril. Measurements in millimetres.
AMNH 348209 AMNH 705629 ZMH PI5 66.35 ZMH P15 66.36 PMNH 7576 MEAN	148 90 146 94 146 88 145 91 147 86 146 90	37.9 36.6 36.6 39.5 38.8 37.9	40.5 39.0 38.4 40.8 40.5 39.8	9.0 8.6 9.2 8.5 9.1 8.9
Paradisaea r. margaritae Parotia I.		(exhibita) lawesii
HYBRID AM O. 40100	146 93	39.6	37.3	7.2
Parotia lawesii (exhibita) lawesii
NHM 1939.12.9.1533 NHM 1939.12.9.1571 BBM 60084 AM O. 38564 PNGM 25866 MEAN	143 93 147 99 143 97 147 95 144 94 145 96	46.0 46.6 45.4 45.9 46.4 46.1	31.7 32.8 33.2 29.0 31.6 31.7	5.8 5.8 5.5 6.5 5.4 5.8