Printed on the plate
“American Flamingo”
Old Male. | 1. Profile view of Bill at its greatest extension. | 2. Superior front view of upper Mandible. | 3. Interior front view of upper Mandible. | 4. Inferior front view of lower Mandible. | 5. Interior front view of lower Mandible with the Tongue in. | 6. Profile view of Tongue. | 7. Superior front view of Tongue. | 8. Inferior front view of Tongue. | 9. Perpendicular front view of the foot fully expanded.
Modern identification
Phoenicopterus ruber
- Certain
- Flamingos · Phoenicopteridae
Why
Audubon's “American Flamingo” (Phoenicopterus ruber, old male) is today's American Flamingo; same binomial.
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.
