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Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo in Renaissance painting

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Subject: Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo in Renaissance painting
From: "calyptorhynchus ." <>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 10:16:25 +1100
I've been thinking about this too, I reckon it's one of the Wallacean
cockatoos brought back by the Portuguese, who had a presence in that area
from c 1500. Conceivably it might also have been a Sulphur-crested from
southern New Guinea, traded around until a Portuguese merchant bought it.

No need to invoke actual landings on Australia at this early date (though
they may have occurred).

John Leonard


On 19 March 2014 10:02, Bill Stent <> wrote:

> A colleage has just asked me about this.
>
> I'm stumped.  How did a cocky get to Italy in AD 1496?
>
> Any thoughts?  Is it a hoax?
>
> Bill
>
>
> http://newsroom.melbourne.edu/news/aussie-bird-renaissance-artwork-forces-history-rethink
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John Leonard
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