Historical bird plates

Audubon, The Birds of America · Plate 57

Loggerhead Shrike

Plate 57 of Audubon's The Birds of America: Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)
Full resolutionCourtesy of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, Montgomery County Audubon Collection, and Zebra Publishing.

Printed on the plate

“Loggerhead Shrike”

Male, 1. Female, 2. | Green Briar or Round-leaved Smilax. Smilax rotundifolia.

Modern identification

Loggerhead Shrike

Lanius ludovicianus

  • Certain
  • Shrikes · Laniidae

Why

Audubon's “Loggerhead Shrike” (Lanius ludovicianus) is today's Loggerhead Shrike; same binomial.

Sources

Featherframe havell.yaml; plate title from audubon.org

Who made the plate

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

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