Printed on the plate
“Golden Plover”
1. Summer plumage. 2. Winter. 3. Variety in March.
Modern identification
Pluvialis dominica
- Certain
- Plovers and Lapwings · Charadriidae
Why
Audubon's “Golden Plover” is today's American Golden-Plover
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.
