Artist Paul Louis Oudart (1796–1860)
Creator:C. Motte
Description
Paradisea sexpennis
Date 1825-1834
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Vieillot, La galerie des oiseaux, pl. 97
Old Latin name Paradisea sexpennis
New Latin name Parotia sefilata
Common name Nederlands: Arfakparotia
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paradisea_sexpennis_-_1825-1834_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ15700151.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.