Printed on the plate
“White-crowned Pigeon”
Male, 1. Female, 2. | Cordia Sebestena.
Modern identification
Patagioenas leucocephala
- Certain
- Pigeons and Doves · Columbidae
Why
Audubon's “White-crowned Pigeon” (Columba leucocephala) is today's White-crowned Pigeon, Patagioenas leucocephala; same species, older genus.
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.
