Stephanie's Astrapia

SCI Name:  Astrapia stephaniae
Protonym:  Astrarchia stephaniae Zeitsch.ges.Orn. 2 p.378
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Paradisaeidae / Astrapia
Taxonomy Code:  prsast1
Type Locality:  Hufeisengebirge, southeastern New Guinea.
Author:  Finsch & Meyer
Publish Year:  1885
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.

stephaniae
Stephanie Clothilde Louise Hermione Marie Charlotte Princess of Belgium and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Duchess of Saxony, Archduchess and Crown Princess of Austria-Hungary (1864-1945) daughter of Leopold II King of the Belgians and wife of Archduke Rudolf Crown-Prince of Austria-Hungary (Astrapia).

SUBSPECIES

Stephanie's Astrapia (feminina)
SCI Name: Astrapia stephaniae feminina
feminina / femininus
L. femininus  feminine  < femina  female. Applied to birds described from female specimens only or with hen-feathered males.

Stephanie's Astrapia (stephaniae)
SCI Name: Astrapia stephaniae stephaniae
stephaniae
Stephanie Clothilde Louise Hermione Marie Charlotte Princess of Belgium and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Duchess of Saxony, Archduchess and Crown Princess of Austria-Hungary (1864-1945) daughter of Leopold II King of the Belgians and wife of Archduke Rudolf Crown-Prince of Austria-Hungary (Astrapia).