Printed on the plate
“Sooty Tern”
Modern identification
Onychoprion fuscatus
- Certain
- Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers · Laridae
Why
Audubon's “Sooty Tern” (Sterna fuliginosa) is today's Sooty Tern, Onychoprion fuscatus.
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.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved, printed and coloured
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
