Printed on the plate
“Goshawk and Stanley Hawk”
Goshawk, Adult Male, 1. Young, 2. | Stanley Hawk, Adult, 3.
Modern identification
Figure Adult Male, 1. Young, 2.
Printed “Goshawk”
Astur atricapillus
- Certain
- Hawks, Eagles, and Kites · Accipitridae
Why
Audubon's “Goshawk” (figs. 1–2) is today's American Goshawk; BirdNET's Northern Goshawk is split by eBird into American and Eurasian Goshawk
Sources
Featherframe havell.yaml; plate title from audubon.org; New-York Historical Society; Wikimedia Commons; Boston Public Library (Digital Commonwealth)
Figure Adult, 3.
Printed “Stanley Hawk”
Astur cooperii
- Certain
- Hawks, Eagles, and Kites · Accipitridae
Why
Audubon's “Stanley Hawk” (fig. 3) is today's Cooper's Hawk, as on plate 36
Sources
engraved legend; New-York Historical Society; Wikimedia Commons; Boston Public Library (Digital Commonwealth); the plate
Who made the plate
Drawn from Nature by J. J. Audubon F. R. S. F. L. S.Engraved, Printed, & Coloured, by R. Havell, London.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved, printed and coloured
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
