Historical bird plates

Audubon, The Birds of America · Plate 254

Wilson's Phalarope

Plate 254 of Audubon's The Birds of America: Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)
Full resolutionCourtesy of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, Montgomery County Audubon Collection, and Zebra Publishing.

Printed on the plate

“Wilson's Phalarope”

Male Adult, 1. Female 2.

Modern identification

Wilson's Phalarope

Phalaropus tricolor

  • Certain
  • Sandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae

Why

Audubon's “Wilson's Phalarope” (Phalaropus wilsonii) is today's Wilson's Phalarope, Phalaropus tricolor.

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.

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