Printed on the plate
“Arkansaw Siskin, Mealy Red-poll, Louisiana Tanager, Townsend's Bunting, Buff-breasted Finch”
Arkansaw Siskin, 1. Male. | Mealy Red-poll, 2. Male. | Louisiana Tanager, 3. Female. | Townsend's Finch, 4. Male. | Buff-breasted Finch, 5. Male.
Modern identification
Figure 1. Male.
Printed “Arkansaw Siskin”
Spinus psaltria
- Certain
- Finches, Euphonias, and Allies · Fringillidae
Why
Audubon's “Arkansaw Siskin” (Fringilla psaltria, fig. 1) is today's Lesser Goldfinch
Sources
Featherframe havell.yaml; plate title from audubon.org; New-York Historical Society; Wikimedia Commons
Figure 2. Male.
Printed “Mealy Red-poll”
Acanthis flammea
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Finches, Euphonias, and Allies · Fringillidae
Why
Audubon's “Mealy Red-poll” (Linota borealis, fig. 2), shot in Newfoundland, is a Hoary Redpoll, now a race of Redpoll after eBird 2025's lump; BirdNET keeps Hoary as its own class.
Sources
engraved legend; Audubon, Ornithological Biography v (1839); New-York Historical Society; Wikimedia Commons
Figure 3. Female.
Printed “Louisiana Tanager”
Piranga ludoviciana
- Certain
- Cardinals and Allies · Cardinalidae
Why
Audubon's “Louisiana Tanager” (Tanagra ludoviciana, fig. 3, a female) is today's Western Tanager; the males are on plate 354
Sources
engraved legend; New-York Historical Society; Wikimedia Commons
Figure 5. Male.
Printed “Buff-breasted Finch”
Calcarius pictus
- Certain
- Longspurs and Snow Buntings · Calcariidae
Why
Audubon's “Buff-breasted Finch” (Emberiza picta, fig. 5) is today's Smith's Longspur
Sources
Featherframe havell.yaml; plate title from audubon.org; New-York Historical Society; Wikimedia Commons
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.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved, printed and coloured
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