Printed on the plate
“American Coot”
Modern identification
Fulica americana
- Certain
- Rails, Gallinules, and Coots · Rallidae
Why
Audubon's “American Coot” (Fulica americana) is today's American Coot; same binomial.
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. SEngraved, 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.
