Printed on the plate
“Frigate Pelican”
Male Adult.
Modern identification
Fregata magnificens
- Certain
- Frigatebirds · Fregatidae
Why
Audubon's “Frigate Pelican” is today's Magnificent Frigatebird
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.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved, printed and coloured
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
