Printed on the plate
“Great-footed Hawk”
Male, 1. Female, 2. | Green-winged Teal and Gadwal.
Modern identification
Falco peregrinus
- Certain
- Falcons and Caracaras · Falconidae
Why
Audubon's “Great-footed Hawk” is today's Peregrine Falcon
Sources
Featherframe havell.yaml; plate title from audubon.org
Who made the plate
Drawn from Nature and Published by John J. Audubon. F. R. S. F. L. S.Engraved, Printed & Coloured, by R. Havell.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved, printed and coloured
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
