Printed on the plate
“Indigo Bird”
Male Adult, 1. M. first year 2. 2nd. 3. Female, 4. | Wild Sarsaparilla Schisandra coccinea.
Modern identification
Passerina cyanea
- Certain
- Cardinals and Allies · Cardinalidae
Why
Audubon's “Indigo Bird” is today's Indigo Bunting
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.
