Historical bird plates

Audubon, The Birds of America · Plate 259

Horned Grebe

Plate 259 of Audubon's The Birds of America: Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
Full resolutionCourtesy of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, Montgomery County Audubon Collection, and Zebra Publishing.

Printed on the plate

“Horned Grebe”

Adult Male 1. Female Winter plumage 2.

Modern identification

Horned Grebe

Podiceps auritus

  • Certain
  • Grebes · Podicipedidae

Why

Audubon's “Horned Grebe” (Podiceps cornutus) is today's Horned Grebe, Podiceps auritus.

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, 1835.

As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.

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