Historical bird plates

Audubon, The Birds of America · Plate 348

Gadwall

Printed “Gadwall Duck”

Plate 348 of Audubon's The Birds of America: Gadwall (Mareca strepera)
Full resolutionCourtesy of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, Montgomery County Audubon Collection, and Zebra Publishing.

Printed on the plate

“Gadwall Duck”

Male, 1. Female, 2.

Modern identification

Gadwall

Mareca strepera

  • Certain
  • Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl · Anatidae

Why

Audubon's “Gadwall Duck” is today's Gadwall

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.

As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.

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