Historical bird plates

Audubon, The Birds of America · Plate 135

Blackburnian Warbler

Plate 135 of Audubon's The Birds of America: Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca)
Full resolutionCourtesy of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, Montgomery County Audubon Collection, and Zebra Publishing.

Printed on the plate

“Blackburnian Warbler”

Male. | Phlox maculata.

Modern identification

Blackburnian Warbler

Setophaga fusca

  • Certain
  • New World Warblers · Parulidae

Why

Audubon's “Blackburnian Warbler” (Sylvia blackburniae) is today's Blackburnian Warbler, Setophaga fusca; blackburniae is a synonym of fusca. The young is plate 134.

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, 1832.

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

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