128 Jean-Baptiste Labat – Birds of Aves Island – Fregata, Paill'encul, Grandgosier, Fiammingo – Etching (1763)

This 1763 etching from Il Gazzettiere Americano, published in Livorno by Marco Coltellini, depicts five Caribbean bird species associated with the small island of Aves. The numbered caption identifies them as: 1) Fregata (possibly Fregata magnificens, the magnificent frigatebird), 2) Paill'encul (a vernacular term for the white-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon lepturus), 3) Grandgosier (likely the brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis), 4) Fiammingo (Phoenicopterus ruber ruber, or Caribbean flamingo), and 5) piccola Isola d'Aves (Bird Island itself).