Grus americana, whooping crane

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Plate 226 from John James Audubon's Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London.

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Size: 4264px × 6317px
Photo credit: © Natural History Museum, London / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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