Printed on the plate
“Golden-winged Woodpecker”
Male 1. F. 2.
Modern identification
Colaptes auratus
- Certain
- Woodpeckers · Picidae
Why
Audubon's “Gold-winged Woodpecker” (Picus auratus) is today's Northern Flicker; audubon.org titles it “Golden-winged Woodpecker”.
Sources
engraved title; Featherframe havell.yaml; audubon.org
Who made the plate
Drawn from Nature and Published by John J. Audubon. F. R. S. E. F. L. S. M. W. S.Engraved by Robt. Havell, Junr. Printed & Coloured by R. Havell, Senr. London. 1828.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved
- Robert Havell Sr. printed and coloured
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