King of Saxony bird-of-paradise | |
---|---|
Male in Papua New Guinea | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Paradisaeidae |
Genus: | Pteridophora A.B. Meyer, 1894 |
Species: | P. alberti
|
Binomial name | |
Pteridophora alberti Meyer, 1894
| |
Subspecies | |
P. a. alberti |
The King of Saxony bird-of-paradise (Pteridophora alberti) is a bird in the bird-of-paradise family (Paradisaeidae). It is the only member of the genus Pteridophora. It is endemic to montane forest in New Guinea.