Printed on the plate
“Lesser Tern”
Adult Spring Plumage 1. Young in Sepr. 2.
Modern identification
Sternula antillarum
- Certain
- Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers · Laridae
Why
Audubon's “Lesser Tern” is today's Least Tern
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
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