Plate CCCCXXXI [431]: American Flamingo, Phoenicopterus Ruber, Linn. Old Male.: PB 2-2021.5.31

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Plate CCCCXXXI [431]: American Flamingo, Phoenicopterus Ruber, Linn. Old Male.

Maker(s)

Audubon, John James
Havell, Robert II (Engraver)

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Description

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"

Acquisition and important dates

by Havell, Robert I

Dating

Production date: AD 1838

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 2-2021.5.31
Primary reference Number: 305682
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Audit data

Created: Thursday 12 August 2021 Updated: Wednesday 24 January 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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