Printed on the plate
“Black-Winged Hawk”
Male, 1. Female, 2.
Modern identification
Elanus leucurus
- Certain
- Hawks, Eagles, and Kites · Accipitridae
Why
Audubon's “Black-Winged Hawk” is today's White-tailed Kite
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, 1837.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved, printed and coloured
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