Printed on the plate
“Fork-tailed Flycatcher”
Male. | Gordonia Lasianthus.
Modern identification
Tyrannus savana
- Certain
- Tyrant Flycatchers · Tyrannidae
Why
Audubon's “Forked-tailed Flycatcher” (Muscicapa savana) is today's Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Tyrannus savana; same species, older genus.
Sources
engraved title; Featherframe havell.yaml; 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, 1833.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved, printed and coloured
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