Historical bird plates

Audubon, The Birds of America · Plate 69

Bay-breasted Warbler

Plate 69 of Audubon's The Birds of America: Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea)
Full resolutionCourtesy of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, Montgomery County Audubon Collection, and Zebra Publishing.

Printed on the plate

“Bay-breasted Warbler”

Male, 1. Female, 2. | Highland Cotton-plant. Gossypium herbaceum.

Modern identification

Bay-breasted Warbler

Setophaga castanea

  • Certain
  • New World Warblers · Parulidae

Why

Audubon's “Bay-breasted Warbler” (Sylvia castanea) is today's Bay-breasted Warbler, Setophaga castanea; same species, older genus. The autumn bird is plate 88.

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.

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

The same bird on other plates