twelve-wired bird-of-paradise (Seleucidis melanoleucus)

Query: birds

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Subject:	twelve-wired bird-of-paradise (Seleucidis melanoleucus)
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Artist Paul Louis Oudart (1796–1860)
Creator: C. Motte
Description
Epimachus albus
Date 1825-1834
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Vieillot, La galerie des oiseaux, pl. 185
Old Latin name Epimachus albus
New Latin name Seleucidis melanoleucus
Common name Nederlands: Twaalfdradige paradijshop
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Epimachus_albus_-_1825-1834_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ16100065.tif

The twelve-wired bird-of-paradise (Seleucidis melanoleucus) is a medium-sized, approximately 33 cm long, velvet black and yellow bird-of-paradise. They are found in flat lowlands and swamp forests, particularly throughout New Guinea and Salawati Island, Indonesia.

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