Burnished-Buff Tanager

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Burnished-buff tanager on the voluble stem of an abrus of the plain.

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Artist

Name:
Descourtilz, Jean-Théodore
Dates:
179?-1855
Country:
France

Illustration

Subject:
Animals
Technique:
Lithograph
Lithographer:
Callier, Jean Étienne Joseph
Format:
Portrait (taller)
Source:
Natural History Museum Library, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:
Oiseaux brillans du Brésil
Author:
Descourtilz, Jean Théodore
Publisher:
Paris: 1834
Open Library:
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Description:

Plate showing a burnished-buff tanager (Stilpnia cayana), a tropical bird in the family Thraupidae, native to South America, perching on what could be a specimen of Abrus precatorius.

The caption reads in the original French: Tangara Passe-Vert sur une tige volubile d’Abrus de la plaine.

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