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Description Edited version of Plate 66 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Ivory-billed Woodpecker. Hand-colored engraving. Male on the left, female on the right.
Date 1827-1838 (publication; from painting in Louisiana c. 1824 - 1826)
Source University of Pittsburgh, Audubon's Birds of America, Darlington Digital Library, Image
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John James Audubon  (1785–1851)  wikidata:Q182882 s:en:Author:John James Audubon q:en:John James Audubon
 
John James Audubon
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Birth name: Jean-Jacques-Fougère Audubon
Description American ornithologist, naturalist, hunter and painter
Date of birth/death 26 April 1785 Edit this at Wikidata 27 January 1851 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Les Cayes (Haiti) New York City
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