Historical bird plates

Audubon, The Birds of America · Plate 92

Merlin

Printed “Pigeon Hawk”

Plate 92 of Audubon's The Birds of America: Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Full resolutionCourtesy of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, Montgomery County Audubon Collection, and Zebra Publishing.

Printed on the plate

“Pigeon Hawk”

Male, 1. Female, 2.

Modern identification

Merlin

Falco columbarius

  • Certain
  • Falcons and Caracaras · Falconidae

Why

Audubon's “Pigeon Hawk” is today's Merlin

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.

As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.

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