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Needle-Tailed Swift (Hirundapus caudaculus)

Paul Hüet

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image shows a drawing of a Needle-Tailed Swift perched on a rock. The bird has a dark brown head, back, and wings, with a lighter brown chest and belly. Its tail is long and forked. The bird's beak is small and pointed. It has orange-brown eyes with a yellow ring around them. The rock the bird is standing on is small and gray with some green moss or lichen on it. The background of the image is a light beige color, with a slightly darker beige border around the edges. The artist's signature is in the bottom-left corner.

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640 × 893 px
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