Printed on the plate
“Boat-tailed Grackle”
Male, 1. Female, 2. | Live Oak. Quercus virens.
Modern identification
Quiscalus major
- Certain
- Troupials and Allies · Icteridae
Why
Audubon's “Boat-tailed Grackle” (Quiscalus major) is today's Boat-tailed Grackle; same binomial.
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, 1834.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved, printed and coloured
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
