Printed on the plate
“Hudsonian Curlew”
Modern identification
Numenius hudsonicus
- Certain
- Sandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae
Why
Audubon's “Hudsonian Curlew” is today's Hudsonian Whimbrel; eBird splits Whimbrel; the binomial stays with Eurasian Whimbrel
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
- John James Audubon drew
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
