Printed on the plate
“Blue-headed Pigeon”
Male 1. Female 2.
Modern identification
Starnoenas cyanocephala
- Certain
- Pigeons and Doves · Columbidae
Why
Audubon's “Blue-headed Pigeon” is today's Blue-headed Quail-Dove
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, 1833.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved, printed and coloured
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
