Printed on the plate
“Red-necked Grebe”
1. Adult Male spring plumage. 2. Winter plumage.
Modern identification
Podiceps grisegena
- Certain
- Grebes · Podicipedidae
Why
Audubon's “Red-necked Grebe” (Podiceps rubricollis) is today's Red-necked Grebe, Podiceps grisegena.
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.
