Historical bird plates

Audubon, The Birds of America · Plate 59

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Plate 59 of Audubon's The Birds of America: Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica)
Full resolutionCourtesy of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, Montgomery County Audubon Collection, and Zebra Publishing.

Printed on the plate

“Chestnut-sided Warbler”

Male, 1. Female, 2. | Moth Mullein. Verbascum Blattaria.

Modern identification

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Setophaga pensylvanica

  • Certain
  • New World Warblers · Parulidae

Why

Audubon's “Chestnut-sided Warbler” (Sylvia icterocephala) is today's Chestnut-sided Warbler, Setophaga pensylvanica; icterocephala is a synonym of pensylvanica.

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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