Printed on the plate
“Roseate Tern”
Modern identification
Sterna dougallii
- Certain
- Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers · Laridae
Why
Audubon's “Roseate Tern” (Sterna dougallii) is today's Roseate Tern; 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. 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.
