Historical bird plates

Audubon, The Birds of America · Plate 220

Piping Plover

Plate 220 of Audubon's The Birds of America: Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
Full resolutionCourtesy of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, Montgomery County Audubon Collection, and Zebra Publishing.

Printed on the plate

“Piping Plover”

1. Male. 2. Female.

Modern identification

Piping Plover

Charadrius melodus

  • Certain
  • Plovers and Lapwings · Charadriidae

Why

Audubon's “Piping Plover” (Charadrius melodus) is today's Piping Plover; same binomial.

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.

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