Printed on the plate
“Noddy Tern”
Male Adult.
Modern identification
Anous stolidus
- Certain
- Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers · Laridae
Why
Audubon's “Noddy Tern” is today's Brown Noddy
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.
