Artist Paul Louis Oudart (1796–1860)
Creator:C. Motte
Description
Paradisea regius
Date 1825-1834
Source/Photographer Vieillot, La galerie des oiseaux, pl. 96
Old Latin name Paradisea regius
New Latin name Cicinnurus regius
Common name Nederlands: Koningsparadijsvogel
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paradisea_regius_-_1825-1834_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ15700137.tif

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.