Historical bird plates

Audubon, The Birds of America · Plate 136

Eastern Meadowlark

Printed “Meadow Lark”

Plate 136 of Audubon's The Birds of America: Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)
Full resolutionCourtesy of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, Montgomery County Audubon Collection, and Zebra Publishing.

Printed on the plate

“Meadow Lark”

Males, 1. Females, 2. | Gerardia flava.

Modern identification

Eastern Meadowlark

Sturnella magna

  • Certain
  • Troupials and Allies · Icteridae

Why

Audubon's “Meadow Lark” is today's Eastern Meadowlark

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.

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