Printed on the plate
“Rough-legged Falcon”
Modern identification
Buteo lagopus
- Certain
- Hawks, Eagles, and Kites · Accipitridae
Why
Audubon's “Rough-legged Falcon” is today's Rough-legged Hawk; its main plate is 166
Sources
audubon.org; Wikimedia Commons
Who made the plate
Drawn from Nature by J. J. Audubon. F. R. S. F. L. S.Engraved. Printed and Coloured by Robt. Havell
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved, printed and coloured
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
