Artist George Edwards (1694–1773) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Edwards_(naturalist)
Creator:Johann Michael Seligmann
Description
Paradisea regius
Date 1700-1880
Source/Photographer Edwards V 6
Old Latin name Paradisea regius
New Latin name Cicinnurus regius
Common name Nederlands: Koningsparadijsvogel
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paradisea_regius_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ15700139.tif
The king bird-of-paradise (Cicinnurus regius) is a passerine bird of the Paradisaeidae (Bird-of-paradise) family. The king bird-of-paradise is distributed throughout lowland forests of New Guinea and nearby islands. The diet consists mainly of fruits and arthropods. |
