Printed on the plate
“Ivory-billed Woodpecker”
Male, 1. Female, 2, 3.
Modern identification
Campephilus principalis
- Certain
- Woodpeckers · Picidae
Why
Audubon's “Ivory-billed Woodpecker” (Picus principalis) is today's Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Campephilus principalis; same species, older genus.
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.
