Historical bird plates

Audubon, The Birds of America · Plate 174

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Plate 174 of Audubon's The Birds of America: Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi)
Full resolutionCourtesy of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, Montgomery County Audubon Collection, and Zebra Publishing.

Printed on the plate

“Olive sided Flycatcher”

Male, 1. Female, 2. | Pinus Balsamea. Fir Balsam.

Modern identification

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Contopus cooperi

  • Certain
  • Tyrant Flycatchers · Tyrannidae

Why

Audubon's “Olive sided Flycatcher” is today's Olive-sided Flycatcher

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 1833.

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