Printed on the plate
“Cuvier's Kinglet”
This identification is still open; the reasoning below says what would settle it. If you can, open an issue with the evidence.
Modern identification
Not identified
Why
Known only from the one bird Audubon shot in Pennsylvania in 1812. An aberrant kinglet or a hybrid has been suggested; no specimen survives to settle it.
Sources
engraved title;
Who made the plate
Drawn from Nature & Published by John J. Audubon. F. R. S. F. L. S.Engraved, Printed, & Coloured, by R. Havell.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved, printed and coloured
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