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Three robins (two males and a female) perched on the branches of a plant
Robin
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Robin

Artist John Gould (British, 1804 - 1881)
Date1832-1837
MediumLithograph, hand-colored
Dimensionssheet size: 14 1/2 x 21 1/2 in. (36.8 x 54.6 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Elise J. Ross
Object number2013.67.6
Collections
Visual DescriptionThree robins (two males and a female) perched on the branches of a plant
Four Tryphaena Duponti (Sparkling-tail) hummingbirds, three males with blue throats, white chests, green bellies and backs, and forking green, yellow, and white tails, a female with a green head and yellow chest and belly, and a nest. The female and one male stand on the thorny branches of a plant with green leaves, while two males fly nearby.
Sparkling-tail Tryphaena Duponti
John Gould
1849-1861
Four Spathura Peruana (Peruvian Racket-Tail) hummingbirds including three males and one female. The males have bright green bodies with black spatula tails and orange ruff around their legs; the female has a green back with spotted green and white belly. Two males fly overhead while a male and female stand on the branch of a plant with thin stems, green leaves, and small blue flowers.
Spathura Peruana
John Gould
1849-1861
Four Calliphlox Amethystina (The Amethyst) hummingbirds; the female has a green back and head, white throat and chest, and light brown belly; a young male has a green back and belly, white chest, and white and green striped throat; two adult males have green backs and bellies, white chests, and blue and light red throats. Three of the birds stand on a plant with green leaves and small white flowers while another bird flies nearby.
Calliphlox Amethystina (The Amethyst)
John Gould
1849-1861
Three Lophornis Chalybeus (Festive Coquette) hummingbirds with green backs and heads, brown tails, and a white stripe between their back and tail. The two males have an ornamental green and white spotted ruff, while the female has a black and white spotted throat. All three birds stand on a plant with green stems and leaves, and a white flower.
Festive Coquette Lophornis Chalybeus
John Gould
1849-1861
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
Two small birds (one green and the other black and red) perched on the branches of a shrub or tree
Petroica Erythrogaster
John Gould
1840-1869
Three Spathura Melananthera (Ecuadorian Racket-Tail) hummingbirds; two males with black spatula tails, one with an all-green body, and the other with a green back and white and green speckled belly; the female has a green back and white and green speckled belly with a white-tipped black tail. Two birds stand on the stem of a Sobralia fragrans orchid with green leaves and white flowers, while the third bird flies nearby.
Spathura Melananthera (Ecuadorian Racket-Tail)
John Gould
1849-1861
Two Amydrus Tristrami (Tristam's Amydrus) birds perched on a branch and set against a distant rocky landscape with palm trees. The male has a purple-ish black body with black and orange wings, and the female has a brown and black speckled head with black and orange wings.
Amydrus Tristrami
John Gould
1840-1869
Three 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.
Vigors' Sun-Bird
John Gould
1849-1881
Two Oreotrochilus Adela (Adela's Hill-Star) hummingbirds, the male has a green throat, a blue belly, and red sides, in flight; the female has a light green back, black and white speckled throat, and light red belly, standing on a Salvia plant with green stems and leaves, and yellow flowers.
Adela's Hill-Star Oreotrochilus Adela
John Gould
1849-1861
Two Lampornis Aurulentus (St. Domingo Mango) hummingbirds, a male with a yellow-green back, bright pink tail, yellow throat, black belly, and gray wings, and a female with a yellow-green back, gray throat, belly, and wings, and a pink, blue, and green tail, fly around a Passiflora penduliflora plant with green leaves and flowers.
St. Domingo Mango Lampornis Aurulentus
John Gould
1849-1861
A bird perched on a branch; a background view with two other birds perched on a fence, one feeding the other
Cuckoo
John Gould
1862-1873

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