Historical bird plates

Audubon, The Birds of America · Plate 341

Great Auk

Plate 341 of Audubon's The Birds of America: Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis)
Full resolutionCourtesy of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, Montgomery County Audubon Collection, and Zebra Publishing.

Printed on the plate

“Great Auk”

Modern identification

Great Auk

Pinguinus impennis

  • Certain
  • Auks, Murres, and Puffins · Alcidae
  • Extinct

Why

Audubon's “Great Auk” (Alca impennis) is today's extinct Great Auk, Pinguinus impennis; 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. SEngraved, Printed and Coloured by R. Havell 1836.

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