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twelve-wired bird-of-paradise (Seleucidis melanoleucus)
Subject: twelve-wired bird-of-paradise (Seleucidis melanoleucus)
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Epimachus albus - 1839 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBA01 IZ16100083.jpg
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twelve-wired bird-of-paradise (Seleucidis melanoleucus)


Artist
Creator: Adolph Fries
Creator: Du C.
Description
Epimachus albus
Date 1839
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Guérin, Dictionnaire pittoresque d'histoire naturelle, pl. 614
Old Latin name Epimachus albus
New Latin name Seleucidis melanoleucus
Common name Nederlands: Twaalfdradige paradijshop
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Epimachus_albus_-_1839_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ16100083.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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