Printed on the plate
“Hyperborean phalarope”
1. Male adult spring plumage. 2. Female Do. 3. Young autumnal plumage.
Modern identification
Phalaropus lobatus
- Certain
- Sandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae
Why
Audubon's “Hyperborean phalarope” is today's Red-necked Phalarope
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.
