Historical bird plates

Audubon, The Birds of America · Plate 303

Upland Sandpiper

Printed “Bartram Sandpiper”

Plate 303 of Audubon's The Birds of America: Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda)
Full resolutionCourtesy of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, Montgomery County Audubon Collection, and Zebra Publishing.

Printed on the plate

“Bartram Sandpiper”

1. Male. 2. Female.

Modern identification

Upland Sandpiper

Bartramia longicauda

  • Certain
  • Sandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae

Why

Audubon's “Bartram Sandpiper” is today's Upland Sandpiper

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.

As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.

The same bird on other plates