Historical bird plates

Audubon, The Birds of America · Plate 206

Wood Duck

Printed “Summer, or Wood Duck”

Plate 206 of Audubon's The Birds of America: Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
Full resolutionCourtesy of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, Montgomery County Audubon Collection, and Zebra Publishing.

Printed on the plate

“Summer, or Wood Duck”

1, 2. Males. 3, 4. Females. | Platanus occidentalis. - Button Wood Tree.

Modern identification

Wood Duck

Aix sponsa

  • Certain
  • Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl · Anatidae

Why

Audubon's “Summer, or Wood Duck” is today's Wood Duck

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.

As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.