Historical bird plates

Audubon, The Birds of America · Plate 116

Brown Thrasher

Printed “Ferruginous Thrush”

Plate 116 of Audubon's The Birds of America: Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)
Full resolutionCourtesy of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, Montgomery County Audubon Collection, and Zebra Publishing.

Printed on the plate

“Ferruginous Thrush”

Male, 1. Female, 2. | Black-jack Oak. Quercus nigra. | Black Snake.

Modern identification

Brown Thrasher

Toxostoma rufum

  • Certain
  • Mockingbirds and Thrashers · Mimidae

Why

Audubon's “Ferruginous Thrush” is today's Brown Thrasher

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, London.

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