Printed on the plate
“Solitary Sandpiper”
1. Male. 2. Female.
Modern identification
Tringa solitaria
- Certain
- Sandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae
Why
Audubon's “Solitary Sandpiper” (Totanus chloropygius) is today's Solitary Sandpiper, Tringa solitaria.
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.
