Printed on the plate
“Common Cormorant”
Male adult spring plumage, 1. Female, 2. Young, 3.
Modern identification
Phalacrocorax carbo
- Certain
- Cormorants and Shags · Phalacrocoracidae
Why
Audubon's “Common Cormorant” is today's Great Cormorant
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. SEngraved. Printed, & Coloured. by R. Havell. 1835.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved, printed and coloured
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