DescriptionBird of Washington (Audubon).jpg	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	7 February 2011, 20:31 (UTC)
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Author	11_Bird_of_Washington.jpg: John James Audubon  (1785–1851)       Alternative names Birth name: Jean-Jacques-Fougère Audubon Description American ornithologist, naturalist, hunter and painter Date of birth/death 26 April 1785  27 January 1851  Location of birth/death Les Cayes (Haiti) New York City Work location Louisville, New Orleans, New York City, Florida Authority file : Q182882 VIAF: 14765625 ISNI: 0000000110405229 ULAN: 500016578 LCCN: n79018677 NLA: 35010139 WorldCat creator QS:P170,Q182882 derivative work: Londonjackbooks (talk)

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