Printed on the plate
“Wood Ibiss”
Modern identification
Mycteria americana
- Certain
- Storks · Ciconiidae
Why
Audubon's “Wood Ibis” (Tantalus loculator) is today's Wood Stork.
Sources
engraved title; Featherframe havell.yaml; audubon.org
Who made the plate
Drawn from Nature by J. J. Aububon, 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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