Historical bird plates

Audubon, The Birds of America · Plate 358

Pine Grosbeak

Plate 358 of Audubon's The Birds of America: Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator)
Full resolutionCourtesy of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, Montgomery County Audubon Collection, and Zebra Publishing.

Printed on the plate

“Pine Grosbeak”

Male Adult, Spring Plumage, 1. Female, 2. Young first Winter, 3.

Modern identification

Pine Grosbeak

Pinicola enucleator

  • Certain
  • Finches, Euphonias, and Allies · Fringillidae

Why

Audubon's “Pine Grosbeak” (Pyrrhula enucleator) is today's Pine Grosbeak, Pinicola enucleator; same species, older genus.

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 and Coloured by R. Havell. 1837.

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

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