Historical bird plates

Audubon, The Birds of America · Plate 146

Fish Crow

Plate 146 of Audubon's The Birds of America: Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus)
Full resolutionCourtesy of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, Montgomery County Audubon Collection, and Zebra Publishing.

Printed on the plate

“Fish Crow”

Male, 1. Female, 2. | Vulgo Honey Locust. Gleditschia triacanthos.

Modern identification

Fish Crow

Corvus ossifragus

  • Certain
  • Crows, Jays, and Magpies · Corvidae

Why

Audubon's “Fish Crow” (Corvus ossifragus) is today's Fish Crow; same binomial.

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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