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Extinct Jamaican Red Macaw, Ara Gossei, 1907

Hypothetical restoration of a Jamaican red macaw by Joseph Smit, 1907. The only reported specimen was shot on Jamaica around 1765, and was later seen by a Dr. Robertson when it was stuffed. It is now lost. Roberton sent a description of it to Philip Henry Gosse, who published his own description in 1847.

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Extinct Jamaican Red Macaw, Ara Gossei, 1907

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Hypothetical restoration of a Jamaican red macaw by Joseph Smit, 1907. The only reported specimen was shot on Jamaica around 1765, and was later seen by a Dr. Robertson when it was stuffed. It is now lost. Roberton sent a description of it to Philip Henry Gosse, who published his own description in 1847.

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2610 x 3620 px | 27.0 MB

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22.1 x 30.6 cm | 8.7 x 12.1 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

1800S • 1900S • 1990S • 19TH CENTURY • 20 XX TWENTIETH CENTURY • 20TH CENTURY • 20TH • 90S • ANIMAL • ARA GOSSEI • ARA • ART • ARTWORK • BIRD • COLORFUL • CUBAN MACAW • DRAWING • EXTINCT SPECIES • EXTINCT • FAUNA • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • HYPOTHETICAL • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • JAMAICAN RED MACAW • JOSEPH SMIT • MACAW • NINETIES • NINETIES, THE • NINETY DECADE • PARROT • PSITTACIDAE • SMIT • SPECIMEN • TWENTIETH CENTURY • WILDLIFE