Printed on the plate
“Trumpeter Swan”
Young.
Modern identification
Cygnus buccinator
- Certain
- Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl · Anatidae
Why
Audubon's “Trumpeter Swan” (Cygnus buccinator, young) is today's Trumpeter Swan; the adult is plate 406.
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, 1837
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved, printed and coloured
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
