Golden-backed bishop, Euplectes aureus, and orange-winged pytilia, Pytilia afra.

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Golden-backed bishop, Euplectes aureus, and orange-winged pytilia, Pytilia afra. (Golden-backed finch, Loxia aurea, and red-faced finch, Fringilla afra.) Little red-headed loxia from Angola and golden-backed bird from Benguela both in possession of Marmaduke Tunstall. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Peter Brown from his New Illustrations of Zoology, B. White, London, 1776.

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Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: afra, angola, aurea, aureus, benguela, bishop, brown, copperplate, engraving, euplectes, finch, fringilla, golden-backed, handcoloured, illustrations, loxia, marmaduke, orange-winged, ornithology, peter, pytilia, pytilla, red-faced, tunstall, zoology