Printed on the plate
“Black Skimmer, or Shearwater”
Male.
Modern identification
Rynchops niger
- Certain
- Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers · Laridae
Why
Audubon's “Black Skimmer or Shearwater” is today's Black Skimmer
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.
