Printed on the plate
“Green Heron”
Adult Male, 1. Young in September, 2.
Modern identification
Butorides virescens
- Certain
- Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns · Ardeidae
Why
Audubon's “Green Heron” (Ardea virescens) is today's Green Heron, Butorides virescens; same species, older genus.
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.
