Printed on the plate
“Pectoral Sandpiper”
1. Male. 2. Female.
Modern identification
Calidris melanotos
- Certain
- Sandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae
Why
Audubon's “Pectoral Sandpiper” (Tringa pectoralis) is today's Pectoral Sandpiper, Calidris melanotos.
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, 1836
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved, printed and coloured
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
