Printed on the plate
“Shoveller Duck”
Male 1. Female 2.
Modern identification
Spatula clypeata
- Certain
- Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl · Anatidae
Why
Audubon's “Shoveller Duck” is today's Northern Shoveler
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.
