Lawes's Parotia
Parotia lawesii
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
Lawes's parotia is a medium-sized passerine of the bird-of-paradise family, Paradisaeidae. It is distributed and endemic to mountain forests of southeast and eastern Papua New Guinea. Occasionally, the eastern parotia is considered a subspecies of P. lawesii. The species is similar to the western parotia.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Paradisaeidae
- Genus
- Parotia