Printed on the plate
“American Avocet”
Young in first Winter Plumage 1. | Adult 2.
Modern identification
Recurvirostra americana
- Certain
- Stilts and Avocets · Recurvirostridae
Why
Audubon's “American Avocet” (Recurvirostra americana) is today's American Avocet; same binomial.
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 and 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.
