Printed on the plate
“Red-shouldered Hawk”
Male, 1. Female, 2.
Modern identification
Buteo lineatus
- Certain
- Hawks, Eagles, and Kites · Accipitridae
Why
Audubon's “Red-shouldered Hawk” (Falco lineatus) is today's Red-shouldered Hawk, Buteo lineatus; same species, older genus. The young is plate 71.
Sources
Featherframe havell.yaml; plate title from audubon.org
Who made the plate
Drawn from Nature and 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
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
