Paradisornis rudolphi Finsch & Meyer, 1885

Finsch O. & Meyer A. B. 1885 Zeitschrift für die gesammte Ornithologie 2(4): 385.

Now Paradisaea rudolphi (Finsch & Meyer, 1885) .

See Mayr & Greenway 1962: 201.

Syntype: MHNG 614.019, adult male, collected in Papua New Guinea ( Maguli Range, Owen Stanley mountain Range, alt. 7000 ft = 2134 m) by K. Hunstein in 1884. From the Gustav Schneider collection, acquired by the MHNG in 1885.

Comment: The Naturhistorisches Museum Basel and the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien each have another syntype. Weber (1983) provided a full account on the origin of these three specimens.