(Paradisaeidae; † Superb Bird-of-Paradise L. superba) Gr. λοφος lophos  crest, tuft; ῥις rhis, ῥινος rhinos  nose; "87. LOPHORINE, Lophorina.  Paradisea, Linn. Gm. Lath.  Bec garni jusqu'au-delà du milieu de plumes alongées, très-comprimé latéralement, étroit en dessus, grêle, droit, échancré et fléchi à la pointe. — Plumes du cou longues et disposées en forme d'aile.   Esp. Le Superbe, Buff." (Vieillot 1816); "Lophorina Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 35.  Type, by monotypy, "Le Superbe, Buff." = Paradisea superba Pennant." (Mayr in Peters, 1962, XV, p. 193).  In applying the phylogenetic species concept, Cracraft 1992, recognised no fewer than six species of this form.  It has more recently been suggested that the Superb Bird-of-Paradise comprises three separate species (L. superba, L. latipennis, L. minor), and be distinguished by the vernacular Lophorina.
Var. Lophorhina, Loporina.
Synon. Craspedophora, Mathewsiella, Pherocraspedon, Ptiloris.