Historical bird plates

Audubon, The Birds of America · Plate 222

White Ibis

Plate 222 of Audubon's The Birds of America: White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)
Full resolutionCourtesy of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, Montgomery County Audubon Collection, and Zebra Publishing.

Printed on the plate

“White Ibis”

1. Adult. 2. Young in Autumn.

Modern identification

White Ibis

Eudocimus albus

  • Certain
  • Ibises and Spoonbills · Threskiornithidae

Why

Audubon's “White Ibis” (Ibis alba) is today's White Ibis, Eudocimus albus; same species, older genus.

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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