Bird of Washington (Audubon)

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• 11_Bird_of_Washington.jpg:

John James Audubon  (1785–1851)
	Alternative navne	Birth name: Jean-Jacques-Fougère Audubon
	Beskrivelse	amerikansk ornithologist , naturalist , hunter og maler
	Fødsels- og dødsdato	26. april 1785	27. januar 1851
	Fødsels- og dødssted	Les Cayes (Haiti)	New York City
	Arbejdssted	Louisville, New Orleans, New York City, Florida
	Autoritetsdata	: Q182882 VIAF: 14765625 ISNI: 0000 0001 1040 5229 ULAN: 500016578 Open Library: OL21824A LCCN: n79018677 WorldCat

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Plate 11 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Bird of Washington. Originally claimed by Audubon to be a different, significantly bigger, already very rare species, most subsequent ornithologists generally considered it was a misidentified juvenile Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus. However, recent detailed investigation (Halley, M. R. 2020, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 140 (2): 110-141) has shown it to be a case of scientific fraud, based not on a specimen as Audubon claimed, but by copying older drawings of other smaller eagles. His motive is thought to be to raise funds for and interest in his forthcoming Birds of America book.

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