Perching Collection

Owl on a Pine Branch, early 17th century. Creator: Soga Nichokuan
Owl on a Pine Branch, early 17th century. Edo period

The Blue Bird fresco from Knossos, 17th-14th century BC
The Blue Bird fresco from the Minoan royal palace at Knossos, now at the Archaeological Museum in Heracleion, 17th-14th century BC

Master Hare, 1789. Artist: Sir Joshua Reynolds
Master Hare, 1789. Painting held at the Musee du Louvre, Paris. From The Connoisseur Volume L. [The Connoisseur Ltd. London, 1918]

Parrot and Rabbit, 1750s. Creator: Johan Pasch
Parrot and Rabbit, 1750s

City view with still life, 19th century. Creator: Hugo Salmson
City view with still life, 19th century

Dendropicos fuscescens (Cardinal woodpecker)and Estrilda astrild (Common waxbill), 1777-1786

Two birds: a blue jay and a purple breast motinga, 1760. Creator: Aert Schouman
Two birds: a blue jay and a purple breast motinga, 1760

Noah's Ark. Creator: Ivar Arosenius
Noah's Ark, Unknown date

Nestlings of Red-Backed Shrike, 1887. Creator: Bruno Liljefors
Nestlings of Red-Backed Shrike, 1887

Fusuma: Tigers and Dragon, 1813-1838. Creator: Kishi Ganku
Fusuma: Tigers and Dragon, 1813-1838. These "fusuma, " Japanese sliding door panels, were designed to cover two walls of a room forming an "L" shape

Peacock and Peahen with Flowering Prunus, c1840-1850. Creator: Mori Ippô
Peacock and Peahen with Flowering Prunus, c1840-1850

Peacock and Peahen with Chick and Peonies, c1840-50. Creator: Mori Ippô
Peacock and Peahen with Chick and Peonies, c1840-50. The season is summer, and there is order in the world: on the left, poppa peacock, big rock, and white peonies; on the right, momma peahen

Leaf from Album Depicting Birds, Flowers, Landscapes, and Flower Pots, 1876. Creator: Yoshizawa Setsuan
Leaf from Album Depicting Birds, Flowers, Landscapes, and Flower Pots, 1876

Goldfinches, 1864. Creator: Leon Bonvin
Goldfinches, 1864

Two starlings, 1765-1873. Creator: Cornelis van Hardenbergh
Two starlings, 1765-1873

Red-billed Toucan, 1748. Creator: Aert Schouman
Red-billed Toucan, 1748

Crow on a Willow Branch, c1890. Creator: Okuhara Seiko
Crow on a Willow Branch, c1890

Two birds: an apple finch (coccothraustes coccothraustes) and a keep (fringilla montifringilla), 1752

Three Crimson Sunbirds, 1780. Creator: Aert Schouman
Three Crimson Sunbirds, 1780

Three birds: a kingfisher, a prince von Wied's toucan and an organist finch, 1720-1792. Creator: Aert Schouman
Three birds: a kingfisher, a Prince von Wied's toucan and an organist finch 1720-1792

Three birds: a tail tit, a blue tit and a Klapekster or big clawier, 1756. Creator: Aert Schouman
Three birds: a tail tit, a blue tit and a Klapekster or big clawier, 1756

Four Different Birds on a Branch, c.1730-c.1792. Creator: Aert Schouman
Four Different Birds on a Branch, c.1730-c.1792. According to the artist's notes on the back of this drawing, these birds are from Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka) in South Asia

Three birds, two incad pigeons and a collared puffbird, 1753. Creator: Aert Schouman
Three birds, two incad pigeons and a collared puffbird, 1753

Bresiljan/breiljaan and hummingbird, 1658-1727. Creator: Johannes Bronkhorst
Bresiljan/breiljaan and hummingbird, 1658-1727

Grapes, Flowers and Animals, 1665-1719. Creator: Isac Vromans
Grapes, Flowers and Animals, 1665-1719

Tringa nebularia (Common greenshank), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Tringa nebularia (Common greenshank), 1777-1786

Rostratula benghalensis (Greater painted-snipe) in a detailed landscape, 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Rostratula benghalensis (Greater painted-snipe) in a detailed landscape, 1777-1786. Bird study: Goudsnip (Rostratula Benghalensis)

Rostratula benghalensis (Greater painted-snipe), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Rostratula benghalensis (Greater painted-snipe), 1777-1786

Rostratula benghalensis (Greater painted-snipe), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Rostratula benghalensis (Greater painted-snipe), 1777-1786

Dictyophorus spumans (Koppie foam grasshopper) perched on a Zygophyllum sp. (Caper bean), 1777-1786

Oena capensis (Namaqua dove), c.1778. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Oena capensis (Namaqua dove), c.1778

Oena capensis (Namaqua dove), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Oena capensis (Namaqua dove), 1777-1786

Oena capensis (Namaqua dove), 1778. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Oena capensis (Namaqua dove), 1778

Clamator jacobinus (Jacobin cuckoo), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Clamator jacobinus (Jacobin cuckoo), 1777-1786

Apaloderma narina (Narina Trogon), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Apaloderma narina (Narina Trogon), 1777-1786. Bird study: Bosloerie (Apaloderma Narina). Gordon calls this another Couroucouc (K) OU, but there is only one species in southern Africa

Agapornis roseicollis (Rosy-faced lovebird), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Agapornis roseicollis (Rosy-faced lovebird), 1777-1786

Tauraco corythaix (Knysna Turaco or Knysna Lourie), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Tauraco corythaix (Knysna Turaco or Knysna Lourie), 1777-1786. Bird study: Knysna Tourako (Tauraco Corytaix)

Apaloderma narina (Narina Trogon), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Apaloderma narina (Narina Trogon), 1777-1786. Bird study: Bosloerie (Apaloderma Narina); the little man. There is only one type of trogon present in southern Africa

Colius colius (White-backed mousebird), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Colius colius (White-backed mousebird), 1777-1786

Colius striatus (Speckled mousebird), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Colius striatus (Speckled mousebird), 1777-1786

Euplectes orix (Southern red bishop), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Euplectes orix (Southern red bishop), 1777-1786

Vidua macroura (Pin-tailed whydah) and locust, 1778. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Vidua macroura (Pin-tailed whydah) and locust, 1778

Nectarinia afra (Greater double-collared sunbird), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Nectarinia afra (Greater double-collared sunbird), 1777-1786

Euplectes capensis (Yellow bishop), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Euplectes capensis (Yellow bishop), 1777-1786

Upupa africana (Hoopoe), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Upupa africana (Hoopoe), 1777-1786. Bird study: Hop (Upapa Africana), with Rhenish (Rijnlandse) scale

Promerops cafer (Cape sugarbird), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Promerops cafer (Cape sugarbird), 1777-1786

Nectarinia famosa (Malachite sunbird), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Nectarinia famosa (Malachite sunbird), 1777-1786

Nectarinia amethystina (Amethyst sunbird), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Nectarinia amethystina (Amethyst sunbird), 1777-1786

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