Printed on the plate
“Golden-Eye Duck”
Male, 1. Female, 2.
Modern identification
Bucephala clangula
- Certain
- Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl · Anatidae
Why
Audubon's “Golden-Eye Duck” is today's Common Goldeneye
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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