Printed on the plate
“American White Pelican”
Male Adult.
Modern identification
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Certain
- Pelicans · Pelecanidae
Why
Audubon's “American White Pelican” (Pelecanus americanus) is today's American White Pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos.
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.
