Historical bird plates

Audubon, The Birds of America · Plate 53

Painted Bunting

Printed “Painted Finch”

Plate 53 of Audubon's The Birds of America: Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris)
Full resolutionCourtesy of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, Montgomery County Audubon Collection, and Zebra Publishing.

Printed on the plate

“Painted Finch”

1, 2, Old Males, 3, M. of 1st Year, 4, 2nd Year, 5, Female. | Chickasaw Plum. Prunus Chicasa.

Modern identification

Painted Bunting

Passerina ciris

  • Certain
  • Cardinals and Allies · Cardinalidae

Why

Audubon's “Painted Finch” is today's Painted Bunting

Sources

Featherframe havell.yaml; plate title from audubon.org

Who made the plate

Drawn from Nature & Published by John J. Audubon. F. R. S. F. L. S.Engraved, Printed, & Coloured, by R. Havell.

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