Printed on the plate
“Red Phalarope”
Adult Male, 1. Adult Female, 2. Winter Plumage, 3.
Modern identification
Phalaropus fulicarius
- Certain
- Sandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae
Why
Audubon's “Red Phalarope” (Phalaropus platyrhynchus) is today's Red Phalarope, Phalaropus fulicarius.
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.
