(Cnemophilidae; Ϯ Yellow Satinbird C. macgregorii) Gr. κνημος knēmos  mountain-slope; φιλος philos  lover; "This is a very distinct kind of Bower Bird, obtained on Mount Knutsford, at an elevation of 11,000 feet, and rivalling the Regent Bird in beauty. The name Cnemophilus (Mountain-slope Lover) has been appropriated to it, and the species I propose, with permission, to dedicate to yourself.  ...  72. CNEMOPHILUS, n. g.—PTILONORHYNCHIDÆ.  Bill shorter than head, broader than high; culmen rounded, curved towards the tip; edge of maxilla notched at the tip; nostril basil, oval, almost concealed by elongated nasal plumes directed forwards; basil profile of mandible straight.  Wing short, rounded, reaching to tarsus; primaries longer than secondaries by half the length of the hallux without claw, first primary two-thirds of the second in length; tip of wing formed by the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th quills.  Tarsus moderate in length, stout; scutellation entire fore and aft.  Feet strong, hallux equalling the mid toe without claw; laterals unequal.   CNEMOPHILUS MACGREGORII.  Loreal, frontal, and nasal plumes elongate, and forming a fronto-nasal crest; from its frontal end a compressed backwardly curved crest of four feathers reaching the occiput; feathers of head parted mesially forming a groove for reception of the crest.  Lower part of fronto nasal crest chestnut-black, upper part, front, and over fore part of orbit fiery orange-red.   ...   Hab. Mount Knutsford, at 11,000 feet.—1 male.  Of the habits of this bird we have no information; it was shot by one of the party at some distance from their camp; no other was seen.  The systematic place of the genus seems to be between Amblyornis and Xanthomelus." (DeVis 1890); "Cnemophilus DeVis, 1890, Ann. Rep. British New Guinea, 1888-89, p. 5, Appendix G, pp. 58, 61.  Type, by monotypy, Cnemophilus macgregorii DeVis, 1890." (JAJ 2020).  Cracraft 1992, postulated two diagnosably distinct species in Cnemophilus sens. str.
Synon. Loria.

Dr Lamberto Loria (1855-1913) Italian ethnologist, explorer, collector in New Guinea (syn. Aegotheles wallacii, syn. Casuarius bennetti, Cnemophilus (cf. “presumably in honour of the wife of the discoverer Dr Lamberto Loria” (Frith & Beehler 1998)), subsp. Erythropitta macklotii, subsp. Ptilorrhoa leucosticta).