Printed on the plate
“Pileated Woodpecker”
Adult Male, 1. Adult Female, 2. Young Males, 3, 4. | Racoon Grape. Vitis aestivalis.
Modern identification
Dryocopus pileatus
- Certain
- Woodpeckers · Picidae
Why
Audubon's “Pileated Woodpecker” (Picus pileatus) is today's Pileated Woodpecker, Dryocopus pileatus; same species, older genus.
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.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved, printed and coloured
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
