Le Nebuleux bird of paradise, Paradisea nigricans

Le Nebuleux bird of paradise, Paradisea nigricans.. Named by Levaillant for its cloudy white feathers. Shaw describes it as an ally of the twelve-wired bird-of-paradise, Seleucidis melanoleucus. Copied from Jacques Barraband's illustration for Francois Levaillant's Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis, 1801. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's The Naturalist's Miscellany 1812

1801 1812 Ally Barraband Bird Of Paradise Bird-of-paradise Copied Describes Histoire Melanoleucus Miscellany Naturalists Naturelle Nigricans Nodders Oiseaux Paradis Paradisea

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