western parotia, Arfak parotia (Parotia sefilata)

Query: Birds of paradise

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Subject:	western parotia, Arfak parotia (Parotia sefilata)
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Description
Paradisea sexpennis
Date 1700-1880
Source/Photographer Iconographia Zoologica
Old Latin name Paradisea sexpennis
New Latin name Parotia sefilata
Common name Nederlands: Arfakparotia
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paradisea_sexpennis_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ15700147.tif

The western or Arfak parotia (Parotia sefilata), is a medium-sized, approximately 33 cm long, bird-of-paradise with a medium-length tail. Endemic to Indonesia, the western parotia is found only in the mountain forests of Vogelkop and the Wandammen Peninsula of Western New Guinea.

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