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500:Mayr, Ernst
389:13 November
298:Description
257:Otto Finsch
1615:Categories
1536:Xeno-canto
1038:Paradisaea
1019:Seleucidis
1001:Semioptera
972:Cicinnurus
538:31 January
345:References
288:subspecies
274:επιμαχος (
226:arthropods
215:New Guinea
1626:Epimachus
922:Epimachus
857:Lophorina
689:Manucodia
665:Lycocorax
292:monotypic
276:epimakhos
155:Species:
148:Epimachus
93:Kingdom:
87:Eukaryota
1523:Species+
1476:22706154
1450:11023883
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1357:BirdLife
1307:Q1585290
1301:Wikidata
1257:Category
887:Ptiloris
754:Astrapia
560:Archived
442:(1886).
280:makhomai
243:Taxonomy
133:Family:
107:Chordata
103:Phylum:
97:Animalia
83:Domain:
60:IUCN 3.1
1424:2494880
1398:brosic1
1372:brosic1
1344:Avibase
1267:Commons
794:Parotia
652:Species
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314:Gallery
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1463:559932
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327:Female
284:meyeri
192:, 1886
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1566:This
1502:75472
1489:36260
1445:IRMNG
1393:eBird
1385:6FT2Z
1369:BOW:
640:Genus
308:sabre
237:CITES
190:Meyer
1572:stub
1528:6374
1484:NCBI
1471:IUCN
1458:ITIS
1437:8439
1419:GBIF
625:and
540:2022
480:ISBN
416:ISBN
391:2021
374:2016
339:Male
304:iris
259:and
199:The
117:Aves
1406:EoL
1380:CoL
1331:ADW
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