The species is one of about 140 members worldwide of the Rallidae, the bird family ... The African rail is unusual in this regard: the species holotype is a 1773 watercolour painting by Georg ...

he made "Bird" his first major contemporary acquisition. The DIA plans to exhibit the work this month in its African-American art gallery—the start of a full-court press, if you will ...

Half-human, half-bird However, the image does not simply depict an African rail, and this hints at a spiritual dimension to the purpose of the painting. Often San rock art images take the form of ...