Printed on the plate
“Barn Owl”
Male, 1. Female, 2. | Ground Squirrel. Sciurus striatus.
Modern identification
Tyto furcata
- Certain
- Barn-Owls · Tytonidae
Why
Audubon's “Barn Owl” is today's American Barn Owl; eBird splits Barn Owl; the binomial stays with Western Barn Owl
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 1833.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved, printed and coloured
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
