Plate CCCCXXXI [431]: American Flamingo, Phoenicopterus Ruber, Linn. Old Male.
Audubon, John James
Havell, Robert II
(Engraver)
Issued in "No. 87" of 87 parts.
Current name: American flamingo, Phoenicopterus ruber (Linnaeus)
It was formerly considered conspecific with the Greater Flamingo, but that treatment is now widely viewed (e.g. by the American and British Ornithologists' Unions) as incorrect.
Drawn from nature and published by John J. Audubon.
"Engraved, Printed and Coloured by Robt. Havell. 1838"
Production date: AD 1838
Accession number: PB 2-2021.5.31
Primary reference Number: 305682
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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