Boat-billed Flycatcher

by Barry Kent MacKay

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Price

$750

Dimensions

9.000 x 12.000 x 0.250 inches

Title

Boat-billed Flycatcher

Artist

Barry Kent MacKay

Medium

Painting - Acrylic On Compressed Hardboard

Description

When I was a young child there were very few resources open to me to see images of, or learn about, bird species not native to North America. I recall opening a book at the library – I don`t recall the title – that had a pen-and-ink drawing of a bird called a Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua). How exotic that seemed to me, a colourful bird with a large beak, according to the accompanying text. Years later, when I got to travel in Central and South America, I made the acquaintance of the bird, itself, although by then I knew that the family of birds to which it belongs, the Tyrant Flycatchers, includes over 400 species with ranges spread over most of North, Central and South America and the West Indies and Galapagos, with many species having small ranges and being little known. There are more species in the Tyrant Flycatcher family than in any other bird family. The Boat-billed has a huge range, from Mexico south to Argentina. I have shown a bird from Ecuador, of the subspecies M. p. chrysogaster. Six subspecies are recognized, all rather similar to each other. I`ve shown the bird from an angle that emphasizes the size of the beak. The bird is painted about life size, and the painting, in acrylics on compressed hardboard, is approximately 12 inches X 9 inches, and is framed, under glass, and currently hanging in my hallway. Price: $750.00 including frame.

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