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Description Plate 11 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Bird of Washington. Originally claimed by Audubon to be a different, significantly bigger, already very rare species, most subsequent ornithologists generally considered it was a misidentified juvenile Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus. However, recent detailed investigation (Halley, M. R. 2020, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 140 (2): 110-141) has shown it to be a case of scientific fraud, based not on a specimen as Audubon claimed, but by copying older drawings of other smaller eagles. His motive is thought to be to raise funds for and interest in his forthcoming Birds of America book.
Date between 1827 and 1838
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Source University of Pittsburgh
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John James Audubon  (1785–1851)  wikidata:Q182882 s:en:Author:John James Audubon q:en:John James Audubon
 
John James Audubon
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Birth name: Jean-Jacques-Fougère Audubon
Description American ornithologist, naturalist, hunter and painter
Date of birth/death 26 April 1785 Edit this at Wikidata 27 January 1851 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Les Cayes (Haiti) New York City Edit this at Wikidata
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