45. European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis

Latin name : Picus viridis Linnaeus, 1758
Inventory number : Série 30 Feuillet 1
Dates : Before February 1806
Full size : H. 36,9cm ; l. 26,4cm
Physical description : Pastel, graphite, ink on wove paper
Inscriptions : Le Pic Vert (ink, at lower center)
Link to Harvard University collections :
identical duplicate
: Le Pic vert. Buffon. English – greenwood Pecker, greenwood Pila. {Near Nantes}, , 1805 Jul. 13

Side view of bird in a living pose on a trunk.