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Birds | May 23, 2023 2:30 PM | hangbony

Paradisaea rudolphi. the blue bird of paradise

The Blue Bird-of-Paradise, regarded by some ornithologists as the loveliest of all birds, was discovered by Carl Hunstein in 1884, and its scientific name honors the unfortunate Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria (His 1889 suicide after killing his mistress, Baroness Mary Vetsera, aged 17, made international headlines, fueled international conspiracy theories, and he kind of looks like him, too).