Printed on the plate
“Scarlet Ibis”
1. Adult Male. 2. Young Second Autumn.
Modern identification
Eudocimus ruber
- Certain
- Ibises and Spoonbills · Threskiornithidae
Why
Audubon's “Scarlet Ibis” (Ibis rubra) is today's Scarlet Ibis, Eudocimus ruber.
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.
