Printed on the plate
“Small Green Crested Flycatcher”
Male, 1. Female, 2. | Sassafras. Laurus Sassafras.
Modern identification
Empidonax virescens
- Certain
- Tyrant Flycatchers · Tyrannidae
Why
Audubon's “Small Green Crested Flycatcher” is today's Acadian Flycatcher
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, 1832.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved, printed and coloured
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