Printed on the plate
“American Bittern”
Male 1. Female 2.
Modern identification
Botaurus lentiginosus
- Certain
- Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns · Ardeidae
Why
Audubon's “American Bittern” is today's American Bittern, Botaurus lentiginosus; same species and name.
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. SEngraved. 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.
