western parotia, Arfak parotia (Parotia sefilata) Artist François-Nicolas Martinet (1739–1797)
Description
Paradisea sexpennis
Date 1790-1796
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Martinet, Histoire des oiseaux, peints dans tous leurs aspects, pl. 160
Old Latin name Paradisea sexpennis
New Latin name Parotia sefilata
Common name Nederlands: Arfakparotia
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paradisea_sexpennis_-_1790-1796_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ15700149.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.
