Historical bird plates

Audubon, The Birds of America · Plate 391

Brant

Printed “Brant Goose”

Plate 391 of Audubon's The Birds of America: Brant (Branta bernicla)
Full resolutionCourtesy of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, Montgomery County Audubon Collection, and Zebra Publishing.

Printed on the plate

“Brant Goose”

1. Male. 2. Female.

Modern identification

Brant

Branta bernicla

  • Certain
  • Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl · Anatidae

Why

Audubon's “Brant Goose” is today's Brant

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.

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

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