15. Red Phalarope
Phalaropus fulicarius


  • Latin name : Phalaropus fulicarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Inventory number : Série 30 Feuillet 8 Dessin 2
  • Dates : Before February 1806
  • Full size : H. 18,9 cm ; l. 22,9 cm
  • Physical description : Pastel, graphite, ink on wove paper
  • Inscriptions : Pl – 491 (ink, at upper right)
    Vüe du bec de dessus (graphite, at left of center)
    Tringa lobata. phalaropus  l Le Phalarope l à festons dentelés (ink, at lower left)

Side view of bird in a living pose, and overhead view of a beak.