Historical bird plates

Audubon, The Birds of America · Plate 48

Cerulean Warbler

Printed “Azure Warbler”

Plate 48 of Audubon's The Birds of America: Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea)
Full resolutionCourtesy of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, Montgomery County Audubon Collection, and Zebra Publishing.

Printed on the plate

“Azure Warbler”

Male 1. F. 2. | Plant Vulgo. Bear-berry. | Ilex Dahon.

Modern identification

Cerulean Warbler

Setophaga cerulea

  • Certain
  • New World Warblers · Parulidae

Why

Audubon's “Cerulean Warbler” (Sylvia azurea) is today's Cerulean Warbler; audubon.org titles it “Azure Warbler”.

Sources

engraved title; Featherframe havell.yaml; audubon.org

Who made the plate

Drawn from Nature and Published by John J. Audubon, F. R. S. E. F. L. S. M. W. S.Engraved by R. Havell. Junr. Printed & Coloured by R. Havell. Senr. London. 1828.

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

The same bird on other plates