Unknown species of waterbird, sandpiper or knot

Unknown species of waterbird, previously identified as a red knot, Calidris canutus, or dusky sandpiper, Tringa calidris. De Avibus, De Rusticula sylvatica. 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 Identified Lucas Schan Lukas Schan Natural History Natural History Of Animals Ornithological Art Shorebird Waterbird Wechel Woodblock Xylograph

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