Printed on the plate
“Black-bellied Plover”
Adult Male, Spring Plumage, 1. Young in Autumn, 2. | Nestling, 3.
Modern identification
Pluvialis squatarola
- Certain
- Plovers and Lapwings · Charadriidae
Why
Audubon's “Black-bellied Plover” (Charadrius helveticus) is today's Black-bellied Plover, Pluvialis squatarola.
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.
