Printed on the plate
“Glossy Ibis”
Male Adult.
Modern identification
Plegadis falcinellus
- Certain
- Ibises and Spoonbills · Threskiornithidae
Why
Audubon's “Glossy Ibis” is today's Glossy Ibis, Plegadis falcinellus; same species and name.
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
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
