Historical bird plates

Audubon, The Birds of America · Plate 110

Hooded Warbler

Plate 110 of Audubon's The Birds of America: Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina)
Full resolutionCourtesy of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, Montgomery County Audubon Collection, and Zebra Publishing.

Printed on the plate

“Hooded Warbler”

Male 1. Female 2.

Modern identification

Hooded Warbler

Setophaga citrina

  • Certain
  • New World Warblers · Parulidae

Why

Audubon's “Hooded Warbler” (Sylvia mitrata) is today's Hooded Warbler, Setophaga citrina; mitrata is a synonym of citrina. The young is plate 9.

Sources

Featherframe havell.yaml; plate title from audubon.org

Who made the plate

Drawn from Nature by J. J. Audubon F. R. S. F. L. S.Engraved, Printed & Coloured by R. Havell Junr. London_1831.

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

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