Purple Martin

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Audubon's Birds of America
19th Century

Purple Martin

by John James Audubon

Artwork Details

Year

1827

Era

19th Century

About This Artwork

The largest North American swallow. Audubon depicts the iridescent purple-black male, a bird long associated with human habitation.

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