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Description247 Velvet Duck flipped.jpg
Plate 247 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Velvet Duck (= White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi).
Date
between 1827 and 1838
date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1827-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1838-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source
University of Pittsburgh
Author
John James Audubon
(1785–1851)
Alternative names
Birth name: Jean-Jacques-Fougère Audubon
Description
American ornithologist, naturalist, hunter and painter
Date of birth/death
26 April 1785
27 January 1851
Location of birth/death
Les Cayes (Haiti)
New York City
Work location
Louisville, New Orleans, New York City, Florida
Authority file
: Q182882
VIAF: 14765625
ISNI: 0000000110405229
ULAN: 500016578
LCCN: n79018677
NLA: 35010139
WorldCat
creator QS:P170,Q182882
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