Brandgans, Tadorna tadorna | Die Vögel (1913) | Alfred Edmund Brehm (1829-1884) | Biodiversity Heritage Library
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OnThisDay in 1785, John James Audubon was born on the French colony of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) on his father’s sugarcane plantation. @chrisirmscher explores the great American icon’s complex relationship to his Haitian roots: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/audubons-haiti #otd
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The Tackhaitse | African scenery and animals (1804) | Samuel Daniell | Flickr
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Stockente | Die Vögel (1913) | Alfred Edmund Brehm (1829-1884) | Biodiversity Heritage Library
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A muskox from Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière : avec la description du cabinet du roy t.43=suppl.6 (1782).
Full text here.
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Knäkente, Querquedula querquedula | Die Vögel (1913) | Alfred Edmund Brehm (1829-1884) | Biodiversity Heritage Library
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Banana Tree Flower with Io Moth, by Maria Sibylla Merian — who was born #onthisday in 1647.
From her pioneering Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium (Insects of Suriname), first published in 1705.
See more prints by her in our online prints shop: https://t.co/ASX37Nx31n
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Perruche Ara, Guarouba dans son j. âge. Pl. 20. | Histoire naturelle des perroquets t.1 | Biodiversity Heritage Library | Flickr
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Flamingo | Die Vogel (1913) | Alfred Edmund Brehm (1829-1884) | Biodiversity Heritage Library
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Eiderente, Somateria mollissima | Die Vogel (1913) | Alfred Edmund Brehm (1829-1884) | Biodiversity Heritage Library
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Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) | Animal portraiture (1912) | Biodiversity Heritage Library | Flickr | Public domain
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Aniuma, Palamedea cornuta | Die Vogel (1913) | Alfred Edmund Brehm (1829-1884) | Biodiversity Heritage Library
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Le Lori noir. Pl. 49. | Histoire naturelle des perroquets t.1 | Biodiversity Heritage Library | Flickr
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Löffler, Platalea leucorodia | Die Vogel (1913) | Alfred Edmund Brehm (1829-1884) | Biodiversity Heritage Library
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Zebra (1803) by Jacques-Laurent Agasse | The Yale University Art Gallery | rawpixel
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Nimmersatt, Pseudotantalus ibis | Die Vogel (1913) | Alfred Edmund Brehm (1829-1884) | Biodiversity Heritage Library
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