Sunday, June 9, 2013

[BirdPhotoIndia] Mrs. Gould's Sunbird

The flamboyantly colored Mrs. Goulds Sunbird(Aethopyga gouldiae) at Dirang, Arunachal Pradesh
Though the name suggests as if it was named by a famous naturalist to please his wife but Elizabeth Gould was a brilliant illustrator in her own right and illustrated John Gould's work until her death at the age of 37. She has another colorful Australian bird named after her

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