Printed on the plate
“Ring-necked Duck”
1. Male. 2. Female.
Modern identification
Aythya collaris
- Certain
- Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl · Anatidae
Why
Audubon's “Ring-necked Duck” (Fuligula rufitorques) is today's Ring-necked Duck
Sources
engraved legend; Audubon, Ornithological Biography iii (1835); 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
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