Printed on the plate
“Night Heron, or Qua bird”
Adult 1. and Young 2.
Modern identification
Nycticorax nycticorax
- Certain
- Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns · Ardeidae
Why
Audubon's “Night Heron or Qua bird” is today's Black-crowned Night Heron
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. London. 1835.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved, printed and coloured
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
