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Wahnes's Parotia

Parotia wahnesi Rothschild, 1906

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Open encyclopedia reference

Wahnes's parotia (Parotia wahnesi) is a medium-sized passerine of the bird-of-paradise family (Paradisaeidae). This species is distributed and endemic to the mountain forests of Huon Peninsula and Adelbert Mountains, northeast Papua New Guinea. The diet consists mainly of fruits and arthropods.

The name honors the German naturalist Carl Wahnes, who collected in New Guinea.

Wahnes's parotia is evaluated as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES; its threat classification is C2a(1). As of 2022, there were an estimated 5,000 – 15,000 mature individuals, and the population is believed to be decreasing.

Wikipedia contributors, Wahnes's parotia; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T05:48:07.235938+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name: Parotia wahnesi Rothschild, 1906
Name authority: Rothschild, 1906
Common name: Wahnes's Parotia
Rank: species
Accepted status: accepted
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paradisaeidae
Genus: Parotia
Extinction status: Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
kingdomAnimalia
phylumChordata
subphylumVertebrata
infraphylumGnathostomata
parvphylumOsteichthyes
megaclassTetrapoda
classAves
orderPasseriformes
familyParadisaeidae Vigors, 1825
genusParotia Vieillot, 1816
speciesParotia wahnesi Rothschild, 1906

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Parotia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

Species	Classification	Source status
Bronze ParotiaParotia berlepschi Kleinschmidt, 1897	ParadisaeidaeChordata	Accepted speciesRecorded extant
Queen Carola's ParotiaParotia carolae A. B. Meyer, 1894	ParadisaeidaeChordata	Accepted speciesRecorded extant
Eastern ParotiaParotia helenae De Vis, 1897	ParadisaeidaeChordata	Accepted speciesRecorded extant
Western ParotiaParotia sefilata (Pennant in J. R. Forster, 1781)	ParadisaeidaeChordata	Accepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 31 records assigned to Paradisaeidae.

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Australia

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

Förster, Johann Friedrich Nepomuk, & and Lionel Walter Rothschild. (1906). Two New Birds of Paradise. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:4DSSG. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.