Printed on the plate
“Semipalmated Sandpiper”
Modern identification
Calidris pusilla
- Certain
- Sandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae
Why
Audubon's “Semipalmated Sandpiper” (Tringa semipalmata) is today's Semipalmated Sandpiper, Calidris pusilla.
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 Robt. Havell. 1838.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved, printed and coloured
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
