Species of swamphen, possibly the purple swamphen

Species of swamphen, possibly the purple swamphen, Porphyrio porphyrio. De Avibus, de altera Pluvialis specie, de Porphyrione. Woodcut engraving after an illustration by Lucas Schan and Conrad Gessner from Conrad Gessner's Historiae Animalium, De avium natura, (Natural history of animals: birds), Frankfurt, Wechel for Cambier, 1585

16th Century Cambier Conrad Gesner Conrad Gessner De Avibus De Avium Natura Historiae Animalium Lucas Schan Lukas Schan Natural History Natural History Of Animals Ornithological Art Swamp Swamphen Water Bird Wechel Woodblock Xylograph

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