It was named for the wife of the describer, German ornithologist Anton Reichenow.

Its measurements are largely intermediate between those of the parent taxa.

[1] It was named as a supposed new species in 1894 before being largely accepted as a hybrid in the early 20th century.

At least six adult male and one female specimens are known, from Sattelberg and the Finisterre Range of the Huon Peninsula in north-eastern New Guinea.

[1] In 2018, another male specimen was described from the State Natural History Museum, Braunschweig, Germany.