Historical bird plates

Audubon, The Birds of America · Plate 364

White-winged Crossbill

Plate 364 of Audubon's The Birds of America: White-winged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera)
Full resolutionCourtesy of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, Montgomery County Audubon Collection, and Zebra Publishing.

Printed on the plate

“White-winged Crossbill”

Male adult, 1. 2. Female adult, 3. Young F. 4. | New Foundland alder.

Modern identification

White-winged Crossbill

Loxia leucoptera

  • Certain
  • Finches, Euphonias, and Allies · Fringillidae

Why

Audubon's “White-winged Crossbill” (Loxia leucoptera) is today's White-winged Crossbill; 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. 1837

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

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