Vigors' Sun-Bird
Artist
John Gould
(British, 1804 - 1881)
Artist
H. C. Richter
(British, 1821 - 1902)
Date1849-1881
MediumLithograph, hand-colored
Dimensions16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by Terry White
Object number2010.57.16
DescriptionThree Nextarinia Vigorsii (Vigors' Sun-Bird) birds standing on a plant with green leaves and small pink flowers. The two male birds have blue-green heads and tails, red shoulders, yellow backs, brown wings, orange throats, and gray-brown bellies; the female is gray-brown. Plate 30 from volume II of "Birds of Asia", London, 1850-1883.
