Printed on the plate
“Red-Throated Diver”
Male adult summer plumage, 1. Do. Winter plumage, 2. Adult Female, 3. Young, 4.
Modern identification
Gavia stellata
- Certain
- Loons · Gaviidae
Why
Audubon's “Red-Throated Diver” is today's Red-throated Loon
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.
