Printed on the plate
“Wilson's Plover”
1. Male. 2. Female.
Modern identification
Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Certain
- Plovers and Lapwings · Charadriidae
Why
Audubon's “Wilson's Plover” (Charadrius wilsonius) is today's Wilson's Plover, Anarhynchus wilsonia; same species, the genus eBird 2025 uses.
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.
