Historical bird plates

Audubon, The Birds of America · Plate 233

Sora

Printed “Sora, or Rail”

Plate 233 of Audubon's The Birds of America: Sora (Porzana carolina)
Full resolutionCourtesy of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, Montgomery County Audubon Collection, and Zebra Publishing.

Printed on the plate

“Sora, or Rail”

1. Male. 2. Female. 3. Young.

Modern identification

Sora

Porzana carolina

  • Certain
  • Rails, Gallinules, and Coots · Rallidae

Why

Audubon's “Sora or Rail” is today's Sora

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.

As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.