Historical bird plates

Audubon, The Birds of America · Plate 180

Pine Siskin

Printed “Pine Finch”

Plate 180 of Audubon's The Birds of America: Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus)
Full resolutionCourtesy of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, Montgomery County Audubon Collection, and Zebra Publishing.

Printed on the plate

“Pine Finch”

Male, 1. Female, 2. | Pinus pendula. Black Larch.

Modern identification

Pine Siskin

Spinus pinus

  • Certain
  • Finches, Euphonias, and Allies · Fringillidae

Why

Audubon's “Pine Finch” is today's Pine Siskin

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. SEngraved, Printed, & Coloured, by R. Havell, 1833.

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