Princess Stephanie's Astrapia (Astrapia stephaniae) [XC279365]
by Frank Lambert from \, Papua New Guinea (call)
Princess Stephanie's Astrapia (Astrapia stephaniae) [XC87573]
by John V. Moore from Maruba River, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea (call)
Subspecies
Extensive hybridization with Ribbon-tailed Astrapia (Astrapia mayeri), in west of range (from Doma Peaks eastern in narrow zone of altitudinal overlap to Mt Hagen/Mt Giluwe). Subspecies poorly differentiated. Additional proposed subspecies ducalis (described from Dawong, in Herzog Mts) synonymized with nominate.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
feminina Neumann, 1922 - Schrader Range, Bismarck Range and Sepik-Wahgi Divide, in eastern New Guinea.
stephaniae (Finsch, 1885) - Doma Peaks, Mt Hagen and Mt Giluwe eastern (including Mt Ialibu, Kubor Range, Mt Karimui, Mt Michael, and Kratke and Herzog Ranges) to south-eastern Owen Stanley Range (Mt Dayman).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet