Blue backed parrot, Tanygnathus sumatranus.

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Blue backed parrot, Tanygnathus sumatranus. Azure blue rumped parrot, Psittacus cyanopygius (female). Hand-coloured steel engraving by Joseph Kidd from Sir Thomas Dick Lauder and Captain Thomas Brown's "Miscellany of Natural History: Parrots," Edinburgh, 1833. The Miscellany was intended to be a multi-volume series, but was brought to an abrupt halt after only the second volume on cats when John Audubon complained about the unauthorized use of his illustrations.

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Size: 2997px × 5169px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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