Historical bird plates

Audubon, The Birds of America · Plate 82

Eastern Whip-poor-will

Printed “Whip-poor-will”

Plate 82 of Audubon's The Birds of America: Eastern Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferus)
Full resolutionCourtesy of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, Montgomery County Audubon Collection, and Zebra Publishing.

Printed on the plate

“Whip-poor-will”

Male, 1. Female, 2, 3. | Black Oak or Quercitron. Quercus tinctoria.

Modern identification

Eastern Whip-poor-will

Antrostomus vociferus

  • Certain
  • Nightjars and Allies · Caprimulgidae

Why

Audubon's “Whip-poor-will” is today's Eastern Whip-poor-will

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.

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