Blue backed parrot, Tanygnathus sumatranus.
Blue backed parrot, Tanygnathus sumatranus. Engraving only partially coloured, lacking the brilliant scarlet head and breast plumage. Azure blue rumped parrot, Psittacus cyano-pygius (male). 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.
Size: 3042px × 5085px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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