Botaurus lentiginosus, American bittern
Plate 337 from John James Audubon's Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London.
Size: 3423px × 2725px
Photo credit: © Natural History Museum, London / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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