Printed on the plate
“Purple Gallinule”
Adult Male spring plumage.
Modern identification
Porphyrio martinica
- Certain
- Rails, Gallinules, and Coots · Rallidae
Why
Audubon's “Purple Gallinule” (Gallinula martinica) is today's Purple Gallinule, Porphyrio martinica; same species, older genus.
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.
