king bird-of-paradise (Cicinnurus regius), twelve-wired bird-of-paradise (Seleucidis melanoleucus)

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Subject:	king bird-of-paradise (Cicinnurus regius), twelve-wired bird-of-paradise (Seleucidis melanoleucus)
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Description
English: Caption reads "THE "KING" AND THE "TWELVE WIRED" BIRDS OF PARADISE" (Cicinnurus regius and Seleucidis melanoleucus)
Date 1869 (book publication)
Source 1890 (10th) edition, from PapuaWeb
Author Drawn on wood by John Gerrard Keulemans https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/John_Gerrard_Keulemans
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malay_Archipelago_King_and_Twelve-wired_Birds_of_Paradise.jpg

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.

The twelve-wired bird-of-paradise (Seleucidis melanoleucus) is a medium-sized, approximately 33 cm long, velvet black and yellow bird-of-paradise.

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