Raymond Harris Ching

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Description

Raymond Harris Ching
Paradise RifleBirds
signed Raymond Harris Ching (lower right)
watercolor and gouache on paperboard
29 1/2 by 21 1/4 in.
74.9 by 54 cm

Provenance

Pawsey & Payne, London
The Tryon Gallery Ltd., London

Catalogue Note

Also known as Ptiloris Paradiseus, the Paradise Riflebird is endemic to Eastern Australia where it is found in the upper canopies of the subtropical rainforests. As seen here, the males have purplish velvety black upper parts, a deep iridescent green head, black wings, and an iridescent green patch under their gullet. Females are brown with a buff underbelly with black bars across the breast. Their birdcall is a raucous, rasping, yaa-a-a-ss, mostly made by males at breeding times.