Printed on the plate
“Louisiana Hawk”
Adult Female.
Modern identification
Parabuteo unicinctus
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Hawks, Eagles, and Kites · Accipitridae
Why
Audubon's “Louisiana Hawk” is today's Harris's Hawk
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.
