The Aztec Fascination with Birds: Digital Collection

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Capturing Ā-TŌTO-LIN, American White Pelican (Dibble & Anderson, 1963, Figure 84).

American White Pelican

Figure 43
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ECA-TLOH-TLI, Aplomado Falcon (ML432785111, photo by Dave Beeke from Macaulay Library).

Aplomado Falcon

Figure 35
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COHUIXIN, Aztec Rail (ML430444191, photo by Paula Gatrell from Macaulay Library).

Aztec Rail

Figure 30
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Belted Kingfisher

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METZ-CANAUH-TLI, Blue-winged Teal (ML435484041, photo by Brian Stahls from Macaulay Library).

Blue-winged Teal

Figure 28
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Canyon Wren

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Water Folk hunting the Ā-CIH-TLI, Clark’s/Western Grebe (Dibble & Anderson, 1963, Figure 87).

Clark’s/Western Grebe

Figure 41
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Ā-CUICUIYALO-TL, Cliff Swallows nesting (Dibble & Anderson, 1963, Figure 81, after Paso y Troncoso).

Cliff Swallows nesting

Figure 31
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Curve-billed Thrasher

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EHĒCA-TL, the wind god

EHĒCA-TL, the wind god

Figure 36
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Founding of Tenochtitlán from the Codex Mendoza.

Founding of Tenochtitlán

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Fray Bernardino de Sahagún Museo Nacional de Historia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Fray Bernardino de Sahagún

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CUĀUH-TLI, Golden Eagle (Dibble & Anderson, 1963, Figure 114, after Paso y Troncoso).

Golden Eagle

Figure 32
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IXMATLA-TŌTŌ-TL, Great Tinamou (ML431413481, photo by Lukas Sekelsky from Macaulay Library).

Great Tinamou

Figure 27
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TACHITOHUYA, Green Shrike-Vireo (ML428104811, photo by William Hemstrom from Macaulay Library).

Green Shrike-Vireo

Figure 38
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HUĪTZITZI-LI, hummingbirds (Dibble & Anderson, 1963, Figure 61, after Paso y Troncoso).

Hummingbirds

Figure 22
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CHIQUIMO-LI, Imperial Woodpecker (Geller-Grimm, 2003 CC BY-SA 2.5)

Imperial Woodpecker

Figure 39
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XOCHI-TENACAL, Keel-billed Toucan (ML435008281, photo by Carolien Hoek from Macaulay Library).

Keel-billed Toucan

Figure 18
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Laughing Falcon

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Impaling the prey [TETZOMPAH, Loggerhead Shrike with prey on an agave] (Dibble & Anderson, 1963, Figure 145, after Paso y Troncoso).

Loggerhead Shrike

Figure 37
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XIUH-TŌTŌ-TL, Lovely Cotinga (ML435428891, photo by Guillermo Saborío Vega from Macaulay Library).

Lovely Cotinga

Figure 16
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ZACUAN, Montezuma Oropendola (ML435008871, photo by Carolien Hoek from Macaulay Library).

Montezuma Oropendola

Figure 13
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Moteuczoma Xocoyotzin (a.k.a. Montezuma II), painted by Antonio Rodríguez.

Moteuczoma Xocoyotzin (a.k.a. Montezuma II)

Figure 02
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Moteuczoma’s headdress (with permission of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien).

Moteuczoma’s headdress

Figure 06
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TZINITZCAN-TŌTŌ-TL, Mountain Trogon (ML461204061, photo by Gabriel Cordón, from Macauley Library).

Mountain Trogon

Figure 10
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Netting birds (Dibble & Anderson, 1963, Figure 187).

Netting birds

Figure 42
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AYO-CUAN2, Northern Jacana (ML435268441, photo by Michael Carmody from Macaulay Library).

Northern Jacana

Figure 15
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MIX-CŌĀ-CUĀUH-TLI, Ornate Hawk-Eagle (ML434456861, photo by Sergio Andrés Cuellar Ramírez from Macaulay Library).

Ornate Hawk-Eagle

Figure 33
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CUĀUH-TLOH-TLI, Peregrine Falcon (Dibble & Anderson, 1963, Figure 133, after Paso y Troncoso).

Peregrine Falcon

Figure 34
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Plain-capped Starthroat (ML429101601, photo by Yann Muzika from Macaulay Library).

Plain-capped Starthroat

Figure 24
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CUĀ-TĒZCA-TL, Purple Gallinule (ML435228071, photo by Annette Teng from Macaulay Library).

Purple Gallinule

Figure 29
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Quetzalcoatl. Reproduced with permission of the Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt from Folio 22 in the Codex Borbonicus.

Quetzalcoatl

Figure 07
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TLALACUEZA-LI, Red-crowned Parrot (ML434035091, photo by Kris Janicki from Macaulay Library).

Red-crowned Parrot

Figure 20
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QUETZAL-TŌTŌ-TL, Resplendent Quetzal (ML433742111/121, photos by Heber David Díaz Gutiérrez from Macauley Library).

Resplendent Quetzal

Figure 08/09
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TLĀUH-QUECHŌL, the Roseate Spoonbill (Dibble & Anderson, 1963, Figure 44, after Paso y Troncoso).

Roseate Spoonbill

Figure 11
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YOLLO-TŌTŌ-TL, Rosethroated Becard (painting by Andrew Jackson Grayson in Miller et al., 1957, following p. 62, with permission of the American Ornithological Society).

Rosethroated Becard

Figure 25
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PŌPOCALES, Russet-naped Wood-Rail (ML435107391, photo by Alex Lamoreaux from Macaulay Library).

Russet-naped Wood-Rail

Figure 26
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ALO, Scarlet Macaw (ML434733041, photo by Janet Stevens from Macaulay Library).

Scarlet Macaw

Figure 21
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Small bird with shield, spear, and flower. Techinantitla, Teotihuacan, AD 600–750 (Berrin, 1988, p. 170, Plate 17; with permission of The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco).

Small bird with shield, spear, and flower

Figure 05
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CUAPPACH-TŌTŌ-TL, Squirrel Cuckoo (ML431536351, photo by Julien Amsellem from Macaulay Library).

Squirrel Cuckoo

Figure 17
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The Valley of Mexico circa 1519

Figure 01
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Thicket Tinamou

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XIHUA-PAL-QUECHŌL, Turquoise-browed Motmot (ML434528501, photo by Guillermo Saborío Vega from Macaulay Library).

Turquoise-browed Motmot

Figure 12
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ECA-HUITZITZI-LI, White-eared Hummingbird (ML432136931, photo by Esteban Matias from Macaulay Library)

White-eared Hummingbird

Figure 23
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COCHO, White-fronted Amazon (ML464384391, photo by Margaret Barrow-Smith from Macaulay Library).

White-fronted Amazon

Figure 19
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TŌTO-LIN, turkeys (Dibble & Anderson, 1963, Figure 170, after Paso y Troncoso).

Wild Turkey

Figure 40
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AYO-CUAN1, Yellow-winged Cacique (ML432006541, photo by Suzanne Roberts from Macaulay Library).

Yellow-winged Cacique

Figure 14
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