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

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Subject:	twelve-wired bird-of-paradise (Seleucidis melanoleucus)
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Description
Epimachus albus
Date 1810
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Blumenbach, Abbildungen naturhistorischer Gegenstände, pl. 96
Old Latin name Epimachus albus
New Latin name Seleucidis melanoleucus
Common name Nederlands: Twaalfdradige paradijshop
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Epimachus_albus_-_1810_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ16100079.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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