Historical bird plates

Audubon, The Birds of America · Plate 70

Henslow's Sparrow

Printed “Henslow's Bunting”

Plate 70 of Audubon's The Birds of America: Henslow's Sparrow (Centronyx henslowii)
Full resolutionCourtesy of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, Montgomery County Audubon Collection, and Zebra Publishing.

Printed on the plate

“Henslow's Bunting”

Male. | Indian Pink-root or Worm-grass. Spigelia marilandica. | Shape of Tail.

Modern identification

Henslow's Sparrow

Centronyx henslowii

  • Certain
  • New World Sparrows · Passerellidae

Why

Audubon's “Henslow's Bunting” is today's Henslow's Sparrow

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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