Printed on the plate
“Arctic Tern”
Modern identification
Sterna paradisaea
- Certain
- Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers · Laridae
Why
Audubon's “Arctic Tern” (Sterna arctica) is today's Arctic Tern, Sterna paradisaea; arctica is a later synonym.
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.
