Printed on the plate
“Black Vulture, or Carrion Crow”
Male 1 and Female 2. | American Deer. Cervus virginianus.
Modern identification
Coragyps atratus
- Certain
- New World Vultures · Cathartidae
Why
Audubon's “Black Vulture or Carrion Crow” is today's Black Vulture
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 London 1831.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved, printed and coloured
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
