Printed on the plate
“Rough-legged Falcon”
Male.
Modern identification
Buteo lagopus
- Certain
- Hawks, Eagles, and Kites · Accipitridae
Why
Audubon's “Rough-legged Falcon” is today's Rough-legged Hawk
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. SEngraved. Printed & Coloured, by R. Havell, London, 1833.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved, printed and coloured
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
