Printed on the plate
“Turkey Buzzard”
Male, 1. Young, 2.
Modern identification
Cathartes aura
- Certain
- New World Vultures · Cathartidae
Why
Audubon's “Turkey Buzzard” is today's Turkey Vulture
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
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
