Western Parotia

Here the details of the Western Parotia named bird below:

SCI Name:  Parotia sefilata
Protonym:  Paradisea sefilata IndischeZool. p.40
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Paradisaeidae / Parotia
Taxonomy Code:  wespar1
Type Locality:  New Guinea, restricted to the Arfak Mountains.
Author:  Forster, JR
Publish Year:  1781
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

PAROTIA
(Paradisaeidae; Ϯ Western Parotia P. sefilata) Gr. παρωτις parōtis  curl of hair by the ear  < παρ par  near; ους ous, ωτος ōtos  ear; from behind the eyes of the male Western Parotia or Six-wired Bird of Paradise spring racquet-tipped head-wires; "Le sifilet. (Paradisea aurea). Noir, sans filets au croupion, mais trois longs partant de chaque oreille, terminés par un disque verd doré." (Cuvier 1798); "86. SIFILET, Parotia.  Paradisea, Linn. Gm. Lath.  Bec garni de plumes courtes jusqu'au-delà du milieu, grêle, comprimé latéralement, tendu, échancré et fléchi à la pointe. — Plumes hypochondriales, longues, larges, décomposées.   Esp. Sifilet, Buff." (Vieillot 1816); "Parotia Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 35. Type, by monotypy, "Sifilet, Buff." = P. sefilata Pennant." (Mayr in Peters 1962, XV, 194). Cracraft 1992, considered that Parotia consisted of ten well-differentiated species.
Var. Parotica (παρ par  near; ωτικος ōtikos  of the ear), Parolia.
Synon. Otostylis.

sefilata
L. sex  six; Late L. filatus  threaded  < filare  to thread  < filum, fili  thread.
● ex “Manucode à six filets” of Brisson 1760, and “Sifilet de la Nouvelle Guinée” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 633 (Parotia).