Historical bird plates

Audubon, The Birds of America · Plate 87

Florida Scrub-Jay

Printed “Florida Jay”

Plate 87 of Audubon's The Birds of America: Florida Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens)
Full resolutionCourtesy of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, Montgomery County Audubon Collection, and Zebra Publishing.

Printed on the plate

“Florida Jay”

Male, 1. Female, 2. | Persimon Tree. Diospyros virginiana.

Modern identification

Florida Scrub-Jay

Aphelocoma coerulescens

  • Certain
  • Crows, Jays, and Magpies · Corvidae

Why

Audubon's “Florida Jay” is today's Florida Scrub-Jay

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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