Printed on the plate
“Yellow-Crowned Heron”
Adult Male Spring Plumage, 1. | Young in October, 2.
Modern identification
Nyctanassa violacea
- Certain
- Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns · Ardeidae
Why
Audubon's “Yellow-Crowned Heron” is today's Yellow-crowned Night Heron
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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