Historical bird plates

Audubon, The Birds of America · Plate 121

Snowy Owl

Plate 121 of Audubon's The Birds of America: Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus)
Full resolutionCourtesy of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, Montgomery County Audubon Collection, and Zebra Publishing.

Printed on the plate

“Snowy Owl”

Male, 1. Female, 2.

Modern identification

Snowy Owl

Bubo scandiacus

  • Certain
  • Owls · Strigidae

Why

Audubon's “Snowy Owl” (Strix nyctea) is today's Snowy Owl, Bubo scandiacus; nyctea is a synonym of scandiacus.

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.

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

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