10,151 bird species visualized in a single composition, positioned radially by wing length. This hyper-detailed artwork combines morphological data from AVONET with colors extracted from Wikipedia descriptions.
The colors come from Wikipedia descriptions of each bird, extracted using natural language processing. Bright blues for kingfishers, reds for cardinals, greens for sunbirds. The visualization combines two different data sources—physical measurements and descriptive text—to create a portrait where size and color both tell stories about bird diversity.
Art prints are on Enhanced Matte Art paper, 200gsm, and are printed with archival quality inks.
Frames are natural wood. Motheye is the top-of-the line anti-glare glass.
Of A Feather: Mandala (Dark Variant)
About the Artist: Jer Thorp is a data artist whose work has appeared at The New York Times, the Museum of Modern Art, and in publications like Scientific American and The New Yorker. Originally trained as a geneticist, he works at the intersection of science and art. He is a National Geographic Explorer and author of "Living in Data."
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