Printed on the plate
“Great Marbled Godwit”
1 Male. 2 Female.
Modern identification
Limosa fedoa
- Certain
- Sandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae
Why
Audubon's “Great Marbled Godwit” is today's Marbled Godwit
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.
