Printed on the plate
“Cow-pen Bird”
Male, 1. Female, 2.
Modern identification
Molothrus ater
- Certain
- Troupials and Allies · Icteridae
Why
Audubon's “Cow-pen Bird” is today's Brown-headed Cowbird
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.
