Printed on the plate
“Great blue Heron”
Male.
Modern identification
Ardea herodias
- Certain
- Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns · Ardeidae
Why
Audubon's “Great blue Heron” is today's Great Blue Heron
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
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