Printed on the plate
“Downy Woodpecker”
Male. 1. Female. 2. | Bignonia capreolata.
Modern identification
Dryobates pubescens
- Certain
- Woodpeckers · Picidae
Why
Audubon's “Downy Woodpecker” (Picus pubescens) is today's Downy Woodpecker, Dryobates pubescens; 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. London_1831.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved, printed and coloured
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