Printed on the plate
“Red headed Woodpecker”
Male, 1. F. 2. Young, 3. 4. 5.
Modern identification
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Certain
- Woodpeckers · Picidae
Why
Audubon's “Red headed Woodpecker” is today's Red-headed Woodpecker
Sources
Featherframe havell.yaml; plate title from audubon.org
Who made the plate
Drawn from Nature & Published by John J. Audubon. F. R. S. E. M. W. S.Engraved, Printed & Coloured by R. Havell & Son. London.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell & Son engraved, printed and coloured
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
