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Himantopus melanopterus (Long-Legged Plover), a bird with black back, wings, head, and beak, white throat and belly, and long orange legs and feet, standing on grass with plants in the background.
Long-Legged Plover
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Long-Legged Plover

Artist John Gould (British, 1804 - 1881)
Date1832-1837
MediumLithograph, hand colored
DimensionsSheet size: 14 1/2 x 21 1/4 in. (36.8 x 54 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Dr. Orrin Lippoff
Object number2012.55.1
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Visual DescriptionHimantopus melanopterus (Long-Legged Plover), a bird with black back, wings, head, and beak, white throat and belly, and long orange legs and feet, standing on grass with plants in the background. Plate 289 from volume IV of "Birds of Europe", London, 1832-1837.
Haematopus ostralegus (Oyster-Catcher) bird with black head, throat, back, wings, and tail tip, white belly and lower back, and orange beak and feet, standing on a shoreline.
Oyster-Catcher
John Gould
1832-1837
Circaetus Brachydactylus (Short-Toed Eagle) bird with brown back and wings, a white belly, hooked beak, and yellow clawed feet, standing on a tree branch.
Short-Toed Eagle
John Gould
1832 - 1837
Two Scolopax Gallinula (Jack Snipe) birds with brown speckled backs, brown striped heads, white bellies, and long beaks, in a grassy patch of dirt.
Jack Snipe
John Gould
1832 - 1837
Totanus Bartramia (Bartram's Sandpiper), a bird with brown and white coloring, a long thin beak and yellow feet, standing on on a beach or sand dune.
Bartram's Sandpiper
John Gould
1832-1837
Lesser Black-Backed Gull
Lesser Black-Backed Gull
John Gould
1832-1837
Two Lanius Collurio (Red-Backed Shrike) birds, one with a brown speckled back and white speckled belly, and the other with a light blue head and tail, black eye, brown back and wings, and white belly. Both birds stand on a woody branch with green leaves.
Red-Backed Shrike
John Gould
1832 - 1837
Two Podiceps cristatus (Great Crested Grebe) birds shown sitting, each with mostly white bodies and black wings, head, and feet. The bird in front has a red-orange and black crest , while the bird in the back has additional black feathers on its head.
Great Crested Grebe
John Gould
1832-1837
Long Legged Sandpiper
Long Legged Sandpiper
John James Audubon
1839-1844
Rustic Bunting
Rustic Bunting
John Gould
1832 - 1837
Carbo pygmaeus (Little Cormorant), a black bird with small white speckles on its head, and black feet, on a branch.
Little Cormorant
John Gould
1832-1837
Two Anser Albifrons (White-Fronted Goose) birds with white, gray-brown, and black bodies and yellow feet.
White-Fronted Goose
John Gould
1832 - 1837
Four Thaumastura corae (Cora's Shear-Tail) hummingbirds with green backs, blue wings, and white bellies; the two adult males have long black and white forking tails, and blue and light red throats; the young male has a black and white forked tail and a spotted throat; and the female has a white throat. All four birds stand on a Mimosa plant with woody stems and puffy white flowers.
Thaumastura corae (Cora's Shear-Tail)
John Gould
1849-1861

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