[American Flamingo]

Alternative Title

Phoenicopterus Bahamensis, The Flamingo; Keratophiton &c

Creator

Mark Catesby
Edwin George

Files

Preview

Publisher

Printed for C. Marsh [etc.]

Creation Date

1754

Abstract

An American Flamingo is standing front of a Double-Forked Plexaurella. From Volume 1, Plate 73 of Mark Catesby's Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands.

Alt Text

A pink bird with a long neck and beak stands among bare branches near a body of water with distant rocks.

Keywords

Natural history, Pre-Linnean works, Southern states, Flamingos, Mark Catesby (1683-1749)

Extent

1 plate

Subject: geographic

North Carolina, South Carolina, Bahamas

Physical Collection

Vault

Call Number

Special Collections: VAULT VH-1

Volume

1

Language

English

Identifier

C32-00005

Recommended Citation

Catesby, Mark and George, Edwin, "[American Flamingo]" (1754). Catesby Collection. Image 5.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/catesby/5