Printed on the plate
“Red-tailed Hawk”
Male, 1. Female, 2. | American Hare. Lepus americanus.
Modern identification
Buteo jamaicensis
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Hawks, Eagles, and Kites · Accipitridae
Why
Audubon's “Red-tailed Hawk” (Falco borealis) is today's Red-tailed Hawk, Buteo jamaicensis; Gmelin's borealis is now the name of its eastern race. Harlan's is plate 86.
Sources
Featherframe havell.yaml; plate title from audubon.org
Who made the plate
Drawn from Nature & Published by John J. Audnbon. F. R. S. F. L. S.Engraved, Printed, & Coloured, by R. Havell.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved, printed and coloured
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
