Historical bird plates

Audubon, The Birds of America · Plate 101

Common Raven

Printed “Raven”

Plate 101 of Audubon's The Birds of America: Common Raven (Corvus corax)
Full resolutionCourtesy of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, Montgomery County Audubon Collection, and Zebra Publishing.

Printed on the plate

“Raven”

Male. | Thick Shell-bark Hickory. Juglans laciniosa.

Modern identification

Common Raven

Corvus corax

  • Certain
  • Crows, Jays, and Magpies · Corvidae

Why

Audubon's “Raven” is today's Common Raven

Sources

Featherframe havell.yaml; plate title from audubon.org

Who made the plate

Drawn from nature by J. J. Audubon F. R. S. F. L. S.Engraved, printed & Coloured, by R. Havell,

As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.

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