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Audubon's birds, then and now: how many have new names?
How many of Audubon's birds have new names? Most of them: 276 of the 435 plates (63%) in John James Audubon's The Birds of America (1827–38) show at least one bird under a name birders no longer use, and only 135 use exactly today's name for every bird. Seven of the species he painted are extinct or possibly extinct, 21 birds were not what he thought, and six have never been identified for sure.
- 276of the 435 plates show a bird under a name birders no longer use
- 7species on the plates are extinct or possibly extinct
- 21birds were not what Audubon thought: young birds, females, a hybrid
- 6mystery birds, never identified for sure
Published . Names checked October 8, 2026 against AviList, the world checklist of birds. Jump to every bird, or download the data. For every plate with a free scan, see all 435 Audubon plates.
How the 435 plates split
Each plate counts once, in the most notable category of the birds its title names: a plate with one extinct bird counts as extinct. Gray: nothing changed, or only the spelling. Green: the name or the bird changed.
The chart’s numbers as a table
| Category | Plates | Share | Birds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Same name | Plates 131 | Share 30% | Birds 152 |
| Same name, new spelling | Plates 20 | Share 5% | Birds 22 |
| New name, same bird | Plates 239 | Share 55% | Birds 278 |
| Now part of another species | Plates 12 | Share 3% | Birds 14 |
| Not the bird he thought | Plates 21 | Share 5% | Birds 21 |
| Mystery bird | Plates 5 | Share 1% | Birds 6 |
| Extinct or possibly extinct | Plates 7 | Share 2% | Birds 7 |
| All plates | Plates 435 | Share 100% | Birds 500 |
Then and now: the most striking changes
Audubon’s name on top, today’s below. Each card links the plate in our list of all 435.
Plate 35Children's Warbler is now Northern Yellow Warbler
Not the bird he thoughtAudubon named it for his friend J. G. Children: its rarity put him in mind “of that of true friendship among men.” In 1839 he agreed it was just a young Yellow Warbler.
John James Audubon, The Birds of America (1827–38)
Plate 372Common Buzzard is now Swainson's Hawk
Not the bird he thoughtAudubon took it for Europe's Common Buzzard, noting only that his birds had “the bill somewhat stronger.” In fact it is a different, American species.
John James Audubon, The Birds of America (1827–38)
Plate 299Dusky Petrel is now Sargasso Shearwater
New name, same birdBirders long knew this seabird as Audubon's Shearwater. When the AOS split that species into five in 2024, none kept his name: this one became the Sargasso Shearwater.
John James Audubon, The Birds of America (1827–38)
Plate 107Canada Jay is now Canada Jay
Same nameThe same name as today, but only since 2018: the official checklist renamed it Gray Jay in 1957, then brought back Canada Jay in 2018.
John James Audubon, The Birds of America (1827–38)
Plate 392Louisiana Hawk is now Harris's Hawk
New name, same birdThe Latin name engraved on the plate, Buteo harrisii, honors a person, and so does today's English name. Birds named after people are the ones the AOS plans to rename.
John James Audubon, The Birds of America (1827–38)
How many birds did Audubon paint?
By our count, the 435 plates of The Birds of America show 445 species we can name today. Counting each species once per plate, that is 508 birds: 500 named in the plates' titles, and eight more shown as prey or added to a plate later. Other counts differ with what they count: the Cleveland Museum of Natural History counts 1,065 birds of 489 species.
Many plates show several birds: a male and a female, a family, or a few species together. Three plates, numbers 417, 424 and 434, each name six birds in their titles. For every plate with a free scan, see all 435 Audubon plates.
Which of Audubon's birds are extinct?
Seven of the species on the plates are extinct or possibly extinct. Four are gone for certain: Carolina Parakeet (Audubon's “Carolina Parrot”), Passenger Pigeon, Labrador Duck (Audubon's “Pied Duck”) and Great Auk. The US government declared Bachman's Warbler extinct in 2023 (Federal Register), and the Eskimo Curlew and the Ivory-billed Woodpecker have not been confirmed alive in decades.
The last known Carolina Parakeet, Incas, died in the Cincinnati Zoo in 1918 (Smithsonian Magazine), and the last known Passenger Pigeon, Martha, died there in 1914 (Smithsonian Magazine). The last sure Labrador Duck was taken on Long Island, New York, in the fall of 1875 (Dutcher, 1894), and the last two known Great Auks were killed on Eldey, off Iceland, in June 1844 (Thomas and others, 2017).
The Eskimo Curlew is still listed as endangered in the US (ECOS), and a new review of its status began in April 2026 (Federal Register). The last specimen was shot on Barbados in 1963 (Search for Lost Birds); the US Fish and Wildlife Service gives 1987, in Nebraska, for the last confirmed sighting (Federal Register, 2011).
Some lists also count the Heath Hen, the eastern form of the Greater Prairie-Chicken. Audubon's plate 186, the “Pinnated Grous,” shows the species, which still lives, and doesn't say which form, so we leave it out. The California Condor, Audubon's “Californian Vulture” (plate 426), is critically endangered but alive, so it isn't counted either (IUCN Red List).
Is the Ivory-billed Woodpecker extinct?
Officially, not yet. The US Fish and Wildlife Service proposed in September 2021 to take it off the endangered list as extinct (Federal Register), then put off its decision (2022) and left the bird out of its October 2023 ruling on 21 other species (2023). When we checked on October 8, 2026, it was still listed as endangered (ECOS). The last undisputed sighting was in April 1944, in Louisiana.
| Plate | Audubon’s name | Today | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Audubon Carolina Parrot | Today Carolina ParakeetConuropsis carolinensis | Status Extinct: the last known Carolina Parakeet, Incas, died in the Cincinnati Zoo in 1918. |
| 62 | Audubon Passenger Pigeon | Today Passenger PigeonEctopistes migratorius | Status Extinct: the last known Passenger Pigeon, Martha, died in the Cincinnati Zoo in 1914. |
| 66 | Audubon Ivory-billed Woodpecker | Today Ivory-billed WoodpeckerCampephilus principalis | Status Possibly extinct: no undisputed sighting since 1944. The US proposed declaring it extinct in 2021 but still lists it as endangered. |
| 185 | Audubon Bachman's Warbler | Today Bachman's WarblerVermivora bachmanii | Status Extinct, says the US government, which took it off the endangered list in 2023. The last confirmed nest was found in 1937. |
| 208 | Audubon Esquimaux Curlew | Today Eskimo CurlewNumenius borealis | Status Possibly extinct: the last specimen was shot in 1963, and the US government still lists it as endangered. |
| 332 | Audubon Pied Duck | Today Labrador DuckCamptorhynchus labradorius | Status Extinct: the last sure specimen, a young male, was taken on Long Island, New York, in the fall of 1875. |
| 341 | Audubon Great Auk | Today Great AukPinguinus impennis | Status Extinct: the last two known Great Auks were killed on Eldey, off Iceland, in June 1844. |
Did Audubon make up birds?
Perhaps one. A 2020 study argues that the Bird of Washington, a giant eagle no one has found since, was a deliberate deception, its picture part copied and part invented (Halley, 2020). Counting it, six birds on five plates have never been identified for sure:
- Plate 11, the Bird of Washington. Audubon said he shot one in Kentucky, 10 feet 2 inches from wingtip to wingtip, and named it for George Washington, “the saviour of his country” (Ornithological Biography, vol. 1). No specimen has been found. Most later ornithologists took it for a young Bald Eagle (Halley's blog).
- Plate 55, Cuvier's Kinglet. One bird, shot on June 8, 1812, on his father-in-law's farm by the Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania; Audubon never saw another (vol. 1). It is often thought an odd Golden-crowned Kinglet (Lund, 2015).
- Plate 60, the Carbonated Warbler. Two birds Audubon shot near Henderson, Kentucky, in May 1811, and never met again (vol. 1). Ideas include a young Cape May Warbler or a Blackpoll Warbler; David Sibley thinks the painting's errors make it impossible to be sure (Sibley, 2008).
- Plate 400, Townsend's Bunting (titled “Townsend's Finch”). One bird, shot in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 1833 (Deane, 1909). The specimen is at the Smithsonian, cataloged as a Dickcissel (NMNH), and most now think it an oddly colored one; in 2014 a lookalike was photographed in Ontario (Audubon magazine).
- Plate 434, the Small-headed Flycatcher. From near Louisville, Kentucky, in the spring of 1808; Audubon said Alexander Wilson copied his drawing. It has never been identified (vol. 5).
- Plate 434, the Blue Mountain Warbler. Drawn from a specimen lent by the Zoological Society of London (vol. 5). The 19th-century ornithologist Elliott Coues suggested a young Black-throated Green or Townsend's Warbler (Lund, 2015).
Audubon did invent animals once, as a joke: he described made-up fish, rats and at least two birds to the naturalist Constantine Rafinesque, who wrote them down as real (Audubon magazine, 2016). None of those is in The Birds of America. Some of the book's other odd birds have been solved: Selby's Flycatcher is a young Hooded Warbler, and Bartram's Vireo a Red-eyed Vireo.
Did Audubon get birds wrong?
Yes, 21 times by our count. Ten are young birds, females or birds in fall plumage that he showed as species of their own; eight times he named a bird that already had a name; one is a hybrid; and twice he painted one species under another's name, like the Sandhill Crane he titled “Hooping Crane.”
He often said so himself. In the fifth volume of his Ornithological Biography (1839), Audubon took back several of his new species, among them the Children's Warbler and Le Petit Caporal, which he had named after Napoleon's nickname.
Another 14 birds that he showed as species of their own are now counted as forms of other species, like Audubon's Warbler, now part of the Yellow-rumped Warbler. Those are later decisions by scientists, not mistakes, so we count them apart: the chart's “Now part of another species.”
- Plate 5, Bonaparte's Flycatcher: A Canada Warbler, which Audubon presented as a new species.
- Plate 9, Selby's Flycatcher: A young Hooded Warbler, as Audubon himself wrote in 1839; he had first named it a new species.
- Plate 24, Roscoe's Yellow Throat: A young Common Yellowthroat: Audubon first named it a new species, then agreed in 1839 that it was the young.
- Plate 30, Vigors Vireo: A young Pine Warbler: Audubon named it a new species from one bird, then agreed in 1839 that it was the young.
- Plate 35, Children's Warbler: A young Yellow Warbler: Audubon named it a new and rare species, then agreed in 1839 that it was the young.
- Plate 36, Stanley Hawk: A Cooper's Hawk, which Audubon named as a new species; in 1839 he agreed it already had a name.
- Plate 49, Blue-green Warbler: A female or young Cerulean Warbler (the male is plate 48), shown, after Alexander Wilson, as a separate species.
- Plate 65, Rathbone's Warbler: A Yellow Warbler, which Audubon presented as a new species.
- Plate 71, Winter Hawk: A young Red-shouldered Hawk: Audubon insisted it was a distinct species, then listed it in 1839 as the young.
- Plate 75, Le Petit Caporal: An adult male Merlin. Audubon named this “new and rare species” after Napoleon's nickname, then admitted in 1839 it was an adult Pigeon Hawk (plate 92).
- Plate 88, Autumnal Warbler: A Bay-breasted Warbler in fall plumage, shown, after Alexander Wilson, as a species of its own.
- Plate 134, Hemlock Warbler: A Blackburnian Warbler, shown, after Alexander Wilson, as a species of its own.
- Plate 141, Stanley Hawk: A Cooper's Hawk, which Audubon named as a new species; in 1839 he agreed it already had a name.
- Plate 148, Pine Swamp Warbler: A female or young Black-throated Blue Warbler, which Audubon later wrote he had taken for a separate species.
- Plate 179, Wood Wren: A House Wren, which Audubon introduced as a new species.
- Plate 261, Hooping Crane: A Sandhill Crane: Audubon thought gray Sandhill Cranes were young Whooping Cranes (the Whooping Crane is plate 226).
- Plate 338, Bemaculated Duck: A Mallard and Gadwall hybrid. Audubon titled it as a species, though his text says it might be a hybrid.
- Plate 372, Common Buzzard: A Swainson's Hawk, which Audubon took for Europe's Common Buzzard.
- Plate 407, Dusky Albatros: A Light-mantled Albatross of the Southern Ocean, which Audubon took for a new species from a skin said to come from the Columbia River.
- Plate 432, Burrowing Owl; Large-headed Burrowing Owl: Both are Burrowing Owls: Audubon at first took the large-headed one for a separate species, then said it was not.
- Plate 435, Columbian Water Ouzel; Arctic Water Ouzel: Two names, shown as two species, for one bird: by Audubon's own 1839 text, one is a young American Dipper.
What did Audubon call the American Kestrel?
The “American Sparrow Hawk”: that is the title of plate 142. Many familiar birds had other names in his book; here are 20 of them.
| Plate | Today | Audubon called it |
|---|---|---|
| 142 | American Kestrel | Audubon American Sparrow Hawk |
| 31 | Bald Eagle | Audubon White-headed Eagle |
| 54 | Bobolink | Audubon Rice Bunting |
| 116 | Brown Thrasher | Audubon Ferruginous Thrush |
| 99 | Brown-headed Cowbird | Audubon Cow Bunting |
| 43 | Cedar Waxwing | Audubon Cedar Bird |
| 158 | Chimney Swift | Audubon American Swift |
| 147 | Common Nighthawk | Audubon Night Hawk |
| 13 | Dark-eyed Junco | Audubon Snow Bird |
| 113 | Eastern Bluebird | Audubon Blue-bird |
| 29 | Eastern Towhee | Audubon Towee Bunting |
| 128 | Gray Catbird | Audubon Cat Bird |
| 92 | Merlin | Audubon Pigeon Hawk |
| 17 | Mourning Dove | Audubon Carolina Pigeon, or Turtle Dove |
| 159 | Northern Cardinal | Audubon Cardinal Grosbeak |
| 37 | Northern Flicker | Audubon Golden-winged Woodpecker |
| 81 | Osprey | Audubon Fish Hawk |
| 67 | Red-winged Blackbird | Audubon Red-winged Starling |
| 39 | Tufted Titmouse | Audubon Crested Titmouse |
| 151 | Turkey Vulture | Audubon Turkey Buzzard |
Why do bird names change?
Because scientists keep learning which birds are separate species, and the official lists change with them. A species can be split in two, two can be lumped into one, or only the name changes. On Audubon's plates alone, 20 birds belong to species that changed since 2018, each explained on our page of bird splits and lumps:
- Yellow Warbler split: Northern and Mangrove (2025): plate 35 (“Children's Warbler”), plate 65 (“Rathbone's Warbler”) and plate 95 (“Blue-eyed yellow Warbler”).
- House Wren split: ours is Northern House Wren (2024): plate 83 (“House Wren”) and plate 179 (“Wood Wren”).
- Gray Jay is now Canada Jay, its old name (2018): plate 107 (“Canada Jay”) and plate 419 (“Canada Jay”).
- Warbling Vireo split into Eastern and Western (2025): plate 118 (“Warbling Flycatcher”).
- Eastern Meadowlark split: the Southwest's bird is Chihuahuan Meadowlark (2022): plate 136 (“Meadow Lark”).
- Northern Goshawk split: ours is American Goshawk (2023): plate 141 (“Goshawk”).
- Northwestern Crow is now part of American Crow (2021): plate 156 (“American Crow”).
- Barn Owl split: ours is American Barn Owl (2024): plate 171 (“Barn Owl”).
- Brown Booby split: the West Coast bird is Cocos Booby (2024): plate 207 (“Booby Gannet”).
- Mexican Duck split from Mallard (2018): plate 221 (“Mallard Duck”).
- Whimbrel split: Hudsonian and Eurasian (2025): plate 237 (“Great Esquimaux Curlew”).
- White-winged Scoter split into three species (2019): plate 247 (“Velvet Duck”).
- Herring Gull split into four species (2024): plate 291 (“Herring Gull”).
- Audubon's Shearwater is now Sargasso Shearwater (2024): plate 299 (“Dusky Petrel”).
- Common and Hoary Redpoll are now one species (2024): plate 375 (“Lesser Red-Poll”) and plate 400 (“Mealy Red-poll”).
Some of his names now belong to other birds. His “Little Owl” is the Northern Saw-whet Owl, but Little Owl is now the name of an Old World owl, Athene noctua. In all, 17 of his names are like that, from the Purple Heron to the Common Buzzard.
Names that honor people are changing too. On November 1, 2023, the American Ornithological Society (AOS) committed to changing the English names of the birds in its area that are named directly after people, starting with 70 to 80 species found mainly in the US and Canada (AOS). Three of the six birds in its 2024 pilot are on Audubon's plates: Townsend's Solitaire, Bachman's Sparrow and Townsend's Warbler (AOS pilot). When we checked on October 8, 2026, no new names had been announced; the AOS's latest update was from May 2025 (AOS).
Audubon's plates honor many people: 39 of the names in their titles do, from Bonaparte's Flycatcher to the Bird of Washington. Two honor Audubon himself, Audubon's Warbler and Audubon's Woodpecker; neither is a species any more. Of the species on the plates, 31 carry a person's name today.
Every bird on the 435 plates
One row per bird per plate, in plate order: Audubon’s name, today’s, and what changed. Pick a category or search a name or a plate number. A plate number opens that plate in our list of all 435 plates, with a free scan; a linked name opens the bird’s page of classic bird paintings.
| Plate | Audubon’s name | Today | What changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Audubon Great American Cock (Wild Turkey) | Today Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo | Same nameAudubon gave two names; “Wild Turkey” is today's. |
| 2 | Audubon Yellow billed Cuckoo | Today Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus | Same name, new spellingOnly the spelling changed: today it is written “Yellow-billed Cuckoo”. |
| 3 | Audubon Prothonotary Warbler | Today Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 4 | Audubon Purple Finch | Today Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 5 | Audubon Bonaparte's Flycatcher | Today Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis | Not the bird he thoughtA Canada Warbler, which Audubon presented as a new species. |
| 6 | Audubon Great American Hen & Young | Today Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo | New name, same birdAudubon's “Great American Hen & Young” is today's Wild Turkey. |
| 7 | Audubon Purple Grackle | Today Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula | New name, same birdAudubon's “Purple Grackle” is today's Common Grackle. |
| 8 | Audubon White Throated Sparrow | Today White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis | Same name, new spellingOnly the spelling changed: today it is written “White-throated Sparrow”. |
| 9 | Audubon Selby's Flycatcher | Today Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina | Not the bird he thoughtA young Hooded Warbler, as Audubon himself wrote in 1839; he had first named it a new species. |
| 10 | Audubon Brown Lark | Today American PipitAnthus rubescens | New name, same birdAudubon's “Brown Lark” is today's American Pipit. |
| 11 | Audubon The Bird of Washington or Great American Sea Eagle | Today never identified | Mystery birdNo such eagle has been found. Most ornithologists took it for a young Bald Eagle; a 2020 study argues the picture was partly copied. |
| 12 | Audubon Baltimore Oriole | Today Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 13 | Audubon Snow Bird | Today Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis | New name, same birdAudubon's “Snow Bird” is today's Dark-eyed Junco. |
| 14 | Audubon Prairie Warbler | Today Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 15 | Audubon Blue Yellow back Warbler | Today Northern ParulaSetophaga americana | New name, same birdAudubon's “Blue Yellow back Warbler” is today's Northern Parula. |
| 16 | Audubon Great-footed Hawk | Today Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Great-footed Hawk” is today's Peregrine Falcon. |
| 16 | Audubon not named on the plate | Today Green-winged TealAnas crecca | Not named on the plateShown as prey; the plate's title names only the hawk. |
| 16 | Audubon not named on the plate | Today GadwallMareca strepera | Not named on the plateShown as prey; the plate's title names only the hawk. |
| 17 | Audubon Carolina Pigeon, or Turtle Dove | Today Mourning DoveZenaida macroura | New name, same birdAudubon's “Carolina Pigeon” is today's Mourning Dove. |
| 18 | Audubon Bewick's Long Tailed Wren | Today Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii | New name, same birdAudubon's “Bewick's Long Tailed Wren” is today's Bewick's Wren. |
| 19 | Audubon Louisiana Water Thrush | Today Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla | Same name, new spellingOnly the spelling changed: today it is written “Louisiana Waterthrush”. |
| 20 | Audubon Blue-winged Yellow Warbler | Today Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera | New name, same birdAudubon's “Blue-winged Yellow Warbler” is today's Blue-winged Warbler. |
| 21 | Audubon The Mocking Bird | Today Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos | New name, same birdAudubon's “The Mocking Bird” is today's Northern Mockingbird. |
| 22 | Audubon Purple Martin | Today Purple MartinProgne subis | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 23 | Audubon Maryland Yellow Throat | Today Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas | New name, same birdAudubon's “Maryland Yellow Throat” is today's Common Yellowthroat. |
| 24 | Audubon Roscoe's Yellow Throat | Today Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas | Not the bird he thoughtA young Common Yellowthroat: Audubon first named it a new species, then agreed in 1839 that it was the young. |
| 25 | Audubon Song Sparrow | Today Song SparrowMelospiza melodia | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 26 | Audubon Carolina Parrot | Today Carolina ParakeetConuropsis carolinensis | Extinct or possibly extinctExtinct: the last known Carolina Parakeet, Incas, died in the Cincinnati Zoo in 1918. |
| 27 | Audubon Red headed Woodpecker | Today Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus | Same name, new spellingOnly the spelling changed: today it is written “Red-headed Woodpecker”. |
| 28 | Audubon Solitary Flycatcher | Today Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius | New name, same birdAudubon's “Solitary Flycatcher” (Vireo solitarius, the plate's other heading) is today's Blue-headed Vireo. |
| 29 | Audubon Towee Bunting | Today Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Towee Bunting” is today's Eastern Towhee. |
| 30 | Audubon Vigors Vireo | Today Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus | Not the bird he thoughtA young Pine Warbler: Audubon named it a new species from one bird, then agreed in 1839 that it was the young. |
| 31 | Audubon White-headed Eagle | Today Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus | New name, same birdAudubon's “White-headed Eagle” is today's Bald Eagle. |
| 32 | Audubon Black-billed Cuckoo | Today Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 33 | Audubon Yellow Bird or American Goldfinch | Today American GoldfinchSpinus tristis | Same nameAudubon gave two names; “American Goldfinch” is today's. |
| 34 | Audubon Worm eating Warbler | Today Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum | Same name, new spellingOnly the spelling changed: today it is written “Worm-eating Warbler”. |
| 35 | Audubon Children's Warbler | Today Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva | Not the bird he thoughtA young Yellow Warbler: Audubon named it a new and rare species, then agreed in 1839 that it was the young. |
| 36 | Audubon Stanley Hawk | Today Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii | Not the bird he thoughtA Cooper's Hawk, which Audubon named as a new species; in 1839 he agreed it already had a name. |
| 36 | Audubon not named on the plate | Today Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis | Not named on the plateShown as prey; the title names only the hawk. |
| 37 | Audubon Golden-winged Woodpecker | Today Northern FlickerColaptes auratus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Golden-winged Woodpecker” is today's Northern Flicker. |
| 38 | Audubon Kentucky Warbler | Today Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 39 | Audubon Crested Titmouse | Today Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor | New name, same birdAudubon's “Crested Titmouse” is today's Tufted Titmouse. |
| 40 | Audubon American Redstart | Today American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 41 | Audubon Ruffed Grous | Today Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus | Same name, new spellingOnly the spelling changed: today it is written “Ruffed Grouse”. |
| 42 | Audubon Orchard Oriole | Today Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 43 | Audubon Cedar Bird | Today Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum | New name, same birdAudubon's “Cedar Bird” is today's Cedar Waxwing. |
| 44 | Audubon Summer Red Bird | Today Summer TanagerPiranga rubra | New name, same birdAudubon's “Summer Red Bird” is today's Summer Tanager. |
| 45 | Audubon Traill's Flycatcher | Today Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii | New name, same birdWillow Flycatcher by convention: Traill's Flycatcher was later split into the Willow and the Alder Flycatcher, and the painting could show either. |
| 46 | Audubon Barred Owl | Today Barred OwlStrix varia | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 47 | Audubon Ruby-throated Humming Bird | Today Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris | Same name, new spellingOnly the spelling changed: today it is written “Ruby-throated Hummingbird”. |
| 48 | Audubon Cerulean Warbler | Today Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 49 | Audubon Blue-green Warbler | Today Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea | Not the bird he thoughtA female or young Cerulean Warbler (the male is plate 48), shown, after Alexander Wilson, as a separate species. |
| 50 | Audubon Swainson's Warbler | Today Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia | New name, same birdA young Magnolia Warbler. A mix-up of drawings at the engraver's named it “Swainson's Warbler”, Audubon wrote; later printings read “Black & Yellow Warbler”. |
| 51 | Audubon Red-tailed Hawk | Today Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 52 | Audubon Chuck-will's Widow | Today Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis | Same name, new spellingOnly the spelling changed: today it is written “Chuck-will's-widow”. |
| 53 | Audubon Painted Bunting | Today Painted BuntingPasserina ciris | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 54 | Audubon Rice Bunting | Today BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Rice Bunting” is today's Bobolink. |
| 55 | Audubon Cuvier's Wren | Today never identified | Mystery birdCuvier's Kinglet: one bird, shot in Pennsylvania in 1812 and never seen again; often thought an odd Golden-crowned Kinglet. |
| 56 | Audubon Red-shouldered Hawk | Today Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 57 | Audubon Loggerhead Shrike | Today Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 58 | Audubon Hermit Thrush | Today Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 59 | Audubon Chesnut Sided Warbler | Today Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica | Same name, new spellingOnly the spelling changed: today it is written “Chestnut-sided Warbler”. |
| 60 | Audubon Carbonated Warbler | Today never identified | Mystery birdTwo birds shot in Kentucky in 1811 and never matched since; ideas include a young Cape May Warbler or a Blackpoll Warbler. |
| 61 | Audubon Great Horned Owl | Today Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 62 | Audubon Passenger Pigeon | Today Passenger PigeonEctopistes migratorius | Extinct or possibly extinctExtinct: the last known Passenger Pigeon, Martha, died in the Cincinnati Zoo in 1914. |
| 63 | Audubon White Eyed Flycatcher | Today White-eyed VireoVireo griseus | New name, same birdAudubon's “White Eyed Flycatcher” is today's White-eyed Vireo. |
| 64 | Audubon Swamp Sparrow | Today Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 65 | Audubon Rathbone's Warbler | Today Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva | Not the bird he thoughtA Yellow Warbler, which Audubon presented as a new species. |
| 66 | Audubon Ivory-billed Woodpecker | Today Ivory-billed WoodpeckerCampephilus principalis | Extinct or possibly extinctPossibly extinct: no undisputed sighting since 1944. The US proposed declaring it extinct in 2021 but still lists it as endangered. |
| 67 | Audubon Red-winged Starling | Today Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Red-winged Starling” is today's Red-winged Blackbird. The name “Red-winged Starling” now belongs to another bird: the Red-winged Starling. |
| 68 | Audubon Republican Cliff Swallow | Today Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota | New name, same birdAudubon's “Republican Cliff Swallow” is today's Cliff Swallow. |
| 69 | Audubon Bay breasted Warbler | Today Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea | Same name, new spellingOnly the spelling changed: today it is written “Bay-breasted Warbler”. |
| 70 | Audubon Henslow's Bunting | Today Henslow's SparrowCentronyx henslowii | New name, same birdAudubon's “Henslow's Bunting” is today's Henslow's Sparrow. |
| 71 | Audubon Winter Hawk | Today Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus | Not the bird he thoughtA young Red-shouldered Hawk: Audubon insisted it was a distinct species, then listed it in 1839 as the young. |
| 72 | Audubon Swallow-tailed Kite | Today Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 73 | Audubon Wood Thrush | Today Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 74 | Audubon Indigo Bird | Today Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea | New name, same birdAudubon's “Indigo Bird” is today's Indigo Bunting. |
| 75 | Audubon Le Petit Caporal | Today MerlinFalco columbarius | Not the bird he thoughtAn adult male Merlin. Audubon named this “new and rare species” after Napoleon's nickname, then admitted in 1839 it was an adult Pigeon Hawk (plate 92). |
| 76 | Audubon Virginian Partridge | Today Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Virginian Partridge” is today's Northern Bobwhite. |
| 76 | Audubon not named on the plate | Today Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus | Not named on the plateA young Red-shouldered Hawk attacking the partridges; the title names only the partridge. |
| 77 | Audubon Belted Kingfisher | Today Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 78 | Audubon Great Carolina Wren | Today Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Great Carolina Wren” is today's Carolina Wren. |
| 79 | Audubon Tyrant Flycatcher | Today Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Tyrant Flycatcher” is today's Eastern Kingbird. |
| 80 | Audubon Anthus Hypogaeus | Today American PipitAnthus rubescens | New name, same birdAudubon's “Anthus Hypogaeus” is today's American Pipit. |
| 81 | Audubon Fish Hawk | Today OspreyPandion haliaetus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Fish Hawk” is today's Osprey. |
| 82 | Audubon Whip-poor-will | Today Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Whip-poor-will” is today's Eastern Whip-poor-will. |
| 83 | Audubon House Wren | Today Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon | New name, same birdAudubon's “House Wren” is today's Northern House Wren. |
| 84 | Audubon Blue Grey Flycatcher | Today Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea | New name, same birdAudubon's “Blue Grey Flycatcher” is today's Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. |
| 85 | Audubon Yellow Throat Warbler | Today Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica | New name, same birdAudubon's “Yellow Throat Warbler” is today's Yellow-throated Warbler. |
| 86 | Audubon Black Warrior | Today Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis | Now part of another speciesThe dark “Harlan's” form of the Red-tailed Hawk, which Audubon named as a new species. |
| 87 | Audubon Florida Jay | Today Florida Scrub-JayAphelocoma coerulescens | New name, same birdAudubon's “Florida Jay” is today's Florida Scrub-Jay. |
| 88 | Audubon Autumnal Warbler | Today Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea | Not the bird he thoughtA Bay-breasted Warbler in fall plumage, shown, after Alexander Wilson, as a species of its own. |
| 89 | Audubon Nashville Warbler | Today Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 90 | Audubon Black and White Creeper | Today Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia | New name, same birdAudubon's “Black and White Creeper” is today's Black-and-white Warbler. |
| 91 | Audubon Broad-winged Hawk | Today Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 92 | Audubon Pigeon Hawk | Today MerlinFalco columbarius | New name, same birdAudubon's “Pigeon Hawk” is today's Merlin. |
| 93 | Audubon Sea-side Finch | Today Seaside SparrowAmmospiza maritima | New name, same birdAudubon's “Sea-side Finch” is today's Seaside Sparrow. |
| 94 | Audubon Bay-winged Bunting | Today Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Bay-winged Bunting” is today's Vesper Sparrow. |
| 95 | Audubon Blue-eyed yellow Warbler | Today Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva | New name, same birdAudubon's “Blue-eyed yellow Warbler” is today's Northern Yellow Warbler. |
| 96 | Audubon Columbia Jay | Today Black-throated Magpie-JayCyanocorax colliei | New name, same birdToday's Black-throated Magpie-Jay, a bird of northwest Mexico; Audubon was given the skin and told it came from the Columbia River. |
| 97 | Audubon Mottled Owl | Today Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio | New name, same birdAudubon's “Mottled Owl” is today's Eastern Screech-Owl. The name “Mottled Owl” now belongs to another bird: the Mottled Owl. |
| 98 | Audubon Green-blue, or White Bellied Swallow | Today Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor | New name, same birdAudubon's “Green-blue” is today's Tree Swallow. |
| 99 | Audubon Cow Bunting | Today Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater | New name, same birdAudubon's “Cow Bunting” is today's Brown-headed Cowbird. |
| 100 | Audubon Marsh Wren | Today Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 101 | Audubon Raven | Today Common RavenCorvus corax | New name, same birdAudubon's “Raven” is today's Common Raven. |
| 102 | Audubon Blue Jay | Today Blue JayCyanocitta cristata | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 103 | Audubon Canada Warbler | Today Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 104 | Audubon Chipping Sparrow | Today Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 105 | Audubon Red-breasted Nuthatch | Today Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 106 | Audubon Black Vulture or Carrion Crow | Today Black VultureCoragyps atratus | Same nameAudubon gave two names; “Black Vulture” is today's. |
| 107 | Audubon Canada Jay | Today Canada JayPerisoreus canadensis | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 108 | Audubon Fox-coloured Sparrow | Today Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca | New name, same birdAudubon's “Fox-coloured Sparrow” is today's Fox Sparrow. |
| 109 | Audubon Savannah Finch | Today Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis | New name, same birdAudubon's “Savannah Finch” is today's Savannah Sparrow. |
| 110 | Audubon Hooded Warbler | Today Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 111 | Audubon Pileated Woodpecker | Today Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 112 | Audubon Downy Woodpecker | Today Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 113 | Audubon Blue-bird | Today Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis | New name, same birdAudubon's “Blue-bird” is today's Eastern Bluebird. |
| 114 | Audubon White-crowned Sparrow | Today White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 115 | Audubon Wood Pewee | Today Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens | New name, same birdAudubon's “Wood Pewee” is today's Eastern Wood-Pewee. |
| 116 | Audubon Ferruginous Thrush | Today Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum | New name, same birdAudubon's “Ferruginous Thrush” is today's Brown Thrasher. |
| 117 | Audubon Mississippi Kite | Today Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 118 | Audubon Warbling Flycatcher | Today Warbling VireoVireo gilvus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Warbling Flycatcher” is today's Warbling Vireo (in 2025 the AOS split it: his birds were Eastern Warbling Vireos). |
| 119 | Audubon Yellow-throated Vireo | Today Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 120 | Audubon Pewit Flycatcher | Today Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe | New name, same birdAudubon's “Pewit Flycatcher” is today's Eastern Phoebe. |
| 121 | Audubon Snowy Owl | Today Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 122 | Audubon Blue Grosbeak | Today Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 123 | Audubon Black & Yellow Warblers | Today Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia | New name, same birdAudubon's “Black & Yellow Warblers” is today's Magnolia Warbler. |
| 124 | Audubon Green Black-capt Flycatcher | Today Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla | New name, same birdAudubon's “Green Black-capt Flycatcher” is today's Wilson's Warbler. |
| 125 | Audubon Brown-headed Nuthatch | Today Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 126 | Audubon White-headed Eagle | Today Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus | New name, same birdAudubon's “White-headed Eagle” is today's Bald Eagle. |
| 127 | Audubon Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Today Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 128 | Audubon Cat Bird | Today Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis | New name, same birdAudubon's “Cat Bird” is today's Gray Catbird. |
| 129 | Audubon Great Crested Flycatcher | Today Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 130 | Audubon Yellow-winged Sparrow | Today Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum | New name, same birdAudubon's “Yellow-winged Sparrow” is today's Grasshopper Sparrow. |
| 131 | Audubon American Robin | Today American RobinTurdus migratorius | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 132 | Audubon Three-toed Woodpecker | Today Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Three-toed Woodpecker” is today's Black-backed Woodpecker. |
| 133 | Audubon Black-poll Warbler | Today Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata | Same name, new spellingOnly the spelling changed: today it is written “Blackpoll Warbler”. |
| 134 | Audubon Hemlock Warbler | Today Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca | Not the bird he thoughtA Blackburnian Warbler, shown, after Alexander Wilson, as a species of its own. |
| 135 | Audubon Blackburnian Warbler | Today Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 136 | Audubon Meadow Lark | Today Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna | New name, same birdAudubon's “Meadow Lark” is today's Eastern Meadowlark. |
| 137 | Audubon Yellow-breasted Chat | Today Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 138 | Audubon Connecticut Warbler | Today Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilis | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 139 | Audubon Field Sparrow | Today Field SparrowSpizella pusilla | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 140 | Audubon Pine Creeping Warbler | Today Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Pine Creeping Warbler” is today's Pine Warbler. |
| 141 | Audubon Goshawk | Today American GoshawkAstur atricapillus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Goshawk” is today's American Goshawk. |
| 141 | Audubon Stanley Hawk | Today Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii | Not the bird he thoughtA Cooper's Hawk, which Audubon named as a new species; in 1839 he agreed it already had a name. |
| 142 | Audubon American Sparrow Hawk | Today American KestrelFalco sparverius | New name, same birdAudubon's “American Sparrow Hawk” is today's American Kestrel. |
| 142 | Audubon not named on the plate | Today never identified | Not named on the plateA dead sparrow held as prey; its species has never been identified. |
| 143 | Audubon Golden-crowned Thrush | Today OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla | New name, same birdAudubon's “Golden-crowned Thrush” is today's Ovenbird. |
| 144 | Audubon Small Green Crested Flycatcher | Today Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens | New name, same birdAudubon's “Small Green Crested Flycatcher” is today's Acadian Flycatcher. |
| 145 | Audubon Yellow Red-poll Warbler | Today Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum | New name, same birdAudubon's “Yellow Red-poll Warbler” is today's Palm Warbler. |
| 146 | Audubon Fish Crow | Today Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 147 | Audubon Night Hawk | Today Common NighthawkChordeiles minor | New name, same birdAudubon's “Night Hawk” is today's Common Nighthawk. |
| 148 | Audubon Pine Swamp Warbler | Today Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens | Not the bird he thoughtA female or young Black-throated Blue Warbler, which Audubon later wrote he had taken for a separate species. |
| 149 | Audubon Sharp-tailed Finch | Today Saltmarsh SparrowAmmospiza caudacuta | New name, same birdAudubon's “Sharp-tailed Finch” is today's Saltmarsh Sparrow. |
| 150 | Audubon Red-eyed Vireo | Today Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 151 | Audubon Turkey Buzzard | Today Turkey VultureCathartes aura | New name, same birdAudubon's “Turkey Buzzard” is today's Turkey Vulture. |
| 152 | Audubon White-breasted Black-capped Nuthatch | Today White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis | New name, same birdAudubon's “White-breasted Black-capped Nuthatch” is today's White-breasted Nuthatch. |
| 153 | Audubon Yellow-crown Warbler | Today Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata | New name, same birdAudubon's “Yellow-crown Warbler” is today's Yellow-rumped Warbler. |
| 154 | Audubon Tennessee Warbler | Today Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 155 | Audubon Black-throated Blue Warbler | Today Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 156 | Audubon American Crow | Today American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 157 | Audubon Rusty Grakle | Today Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Rusty Grakle” is today's Rusty Blackbird. |
| 158 | Audubon American Swift | Today Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica | New name, same birdAudubon's “American Swift” is today's Chimney Swift. |
| 159 | Audubon Cardinal Grosbeak | Today Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis | New name, same birdAudubon's “Cardinal Grosbeak” is today's Northern Cardinal. |
| 160 | Audubon Black-capped Titmouse | Today Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis | New name, same birdA Carolina Chickadee. Engraved as “Black-capped Titmouse”, then Audubon saw the southern bird was different and named it himself; later printings read “Carolina Titmouse”. |
| 161 | Audubon Brasilian Caracara Eagle | Today Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Brasilian Caracara Eagle” is today's Crested Caracara. |
| 162 | Audubon Zenaida Dove | Today Zenaida DoveZenaida aurita | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 163 | Audubon Palm Warbler | Today Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 164 | Audubon Tawny Thrush | Today VeeryCatharus fuscescens | New name, same birdAudubon's “Tawny Thrush” is today's Veery. |
| 165 | Audubon Bachmans Finch | Today Bachman's SparrowPeucaea aestivalis | New name, same birdAudubon's “Bachmans Finch” is today's Bachman's Sparrow. |
| 166 | Audubon Rough-legged Falcon | Today Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Rough-legged Falcon” is today's Rough-legged Hawk. |
| 167 | Audubon Key-west Dove | Today Key West Quail-DoveGeotrygon chrysia | New name, same birdAudubon's “Key-west Dove” is today's Key West Quail-Dove. |
| 168 | Audubon Fork-tailed Flycatcher | Today Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savana | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 169 | Audubon Mangrove Cuckoo | Today Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minor | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 170 | Audubon Gray Tyrant | Today Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis | New name, same birdAudubon's “Gray Tyrant” is today's Gray Kingbird. |
| 171 | Audubon Barn Owl | Today American Barn OwlTyto furcata | New name, same birdAudubon's “Barn Owl” is today's American Barn Owl. |
| 172 | Audubon Blue-headed Pigeon | Today Blue-headed Quail-DoveStarnoenas cyanocephala | New name, same birdAudubon's “Blue-headed Pigeon” is today's Blue-headed Quail-Dove. |
| 173 | Audubon Barn Swallow | Today Barn SwallowHirundo rustica | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 174 | Audubon Olive sided Flycatcher | Today Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi | Same name, new spellingOnly the spelling changed: today it is written “Olive-sided Flycatcher”. |
| 175 | Audubon Nuttall's lesser-marsh Wren | Today Sedge WrenCistothorus stellaris | New name, same birdAudubon's “Nuttall's lesser-marsh Wren” is today's Sedge Wren. |
| 176 | Audubon Spotted Grous | Today Spruce GrouseCanachites canadensis | New name, same birdAudubon's “Spotted Grous” is today's Spruce Grouse. |
| 177 | Audubon White-crowned Pigeon | Today White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephala | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 178 | Audubon Orange-crowned Warbler | Today Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 179 | Audubon Wood Wren | Today Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon | Not the bird he thoughtA House Wren, which Audubon introduced as a new species. |
| 180 | Audubon Pine Finch | Today Pine SiskinSpinus pinus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Pine Finch” is today's Pine Siskin. |
| 181 | Audubon Golden Eagle | Today Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 182 | Audubon Ground Dove | Today Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina | New name, same birdAudubon's “Ground Dove” is today's Common Ground Dove. |
| 183 | Audubon American Golden crested-Wren | Today Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa | New name, same birdAudubon's “American Golden crested-Wren” is today's Golden-crowned Kinglet. |
| 184 | Audubon Mangrove Humming Bird | Today Black-throated MangoAnthracothorax nigricollis | New name, same birdAudubon's “Mangrove Humming Bird” is today's Black-throated Mango. The name “Mangrove Humming Bird” now belongs to another bird: the Mangrove Hummingbird. |
| 185 | Audubon Bachman's Warbler | Today Bachman's WarblerVermivora bachmanii | Extinct or possibly extinctExtinct, says the US government, which took it off the endangered list in 2023. The last confirmed nest was found in 1937. |
| 186 | Audubon Pinnated Grous | Today Greater Prairie-ChickenTympanuchus cupido | New name, same birdAudubon's “Pinnated Grous” is today's Greater Prairie-Chicken. |
| 187 | Audubon Boat-tailed Grackle | Today Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 188 | Audubon Tree Sparrow | Today American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea | New name, same birdAudubon's “Tree Sparrow” is today's American Tree Sparrow. |
| 189 | Audubon Snow Bunting | Today Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 190 | Audubon Yellow bellied Woodpecker | Today Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius | New name, same birdAudubon's “Yellow bellied Woodpecker” is today's Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. |
| 191 | Audubon Willow Grous or Large Ptarmigan | Today Willow PtarmiganLagopus lagopus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Willow Grous” is today's Willow Ptarmigan. |
| 192 | Audubon Great American Shrike or Butcher Bird | Today Northern ShrikeLanius borealis | New name, same birdAudubon's “Great American Shrike” is today's Northern Shrike. |
| 193 | Audubon Lincoln Finch | Today Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii | New name, same birdAudubon's “Lincoln Finch” is today's Lincoln's Sparrow. |
| 194 | Audubon Canadian Titmouse | Today Boreal ChickadeePoecile hudsonicus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Canadian Titmouse” is today's Boreal Chickadee. |
| 195 | Audubon Ruby crowned Wren | Today Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula | New name, same birdAudubon's “Ruby crowned Wren” is today's Ruby-crowned Kinglet. |
| 196 | Audubon Labrador Falcon | Today GyrfalconFalco rusticolus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Labrador Falcon” is today's Gyrfalcon. |
| 197 | Audubon American Crossbill | Today Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra | New name, same birdAudubon's “American Crossbill” is today's Red Crossbill. |
| 198 | Audubon Brown headed Worm eating Warbler | Today Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii | New name, same birdAudubon's “Brown headed Worm eating Warbler” is today's Swainson's Warbler. |
| 199 | Audubon Little Owl | Today Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Little Owl” is today's Northern Saw-whet Owl. The name “Little Owl” now belongs to another bird: the Little Owl. |
| 200 | Audubon Shore Lark | Today Horned LarkEremophila alpestris | New name, same birdAudubon's “Shore Lark” is today's Horned Lark. |
| 201 | Audubon Canada Goose | Today Canada GooseBranta canadensis | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 202 | Audubon Red-Throated Diver | Today Red-throated LoonGavia stellata | New name, same birdAudubon's “Red-Throated Diver” is today's Red-throated Loon. |
| 203 | Audubon Fresh Water Marsh Hen | Today King RailRallus elegans | New name, same birdAudubon's “Fresh Water Marsh Hen” is today's King Rail. |
| 204 | Audubon Salt Water Marsh Hen | Today Clapper RailRallus crepitans | New name, same birdAudubon's “Salt Water Marsh Hen” is today's Clapper Rail. |
| 205 | Audubon Virginia Rail | Today Virginia RailRallus limicola | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 206 | Audubon Summer or Wood Duck | Today Wood DuckAix sponsa | Same nameAudubon gave two names; “Wood Duck” is today's. |
| 207 | Audubon Booby Gannet | Today Brown BoobySula leucogaster | New name, same birdAudubon's “Booby Gannet” is today's Brown Booby. |
| 208 | Audubon Esquimaux Curlew | Today Eskimo CurlewNumenius borealis | Extinct or possibly extinctPossibly extinct: the last specimen was shot in 1963, and the US government still lists it as endangered. |
| 209 | Audubon Wilson's Plover | Today Wilson's PloverAnarhynchus wilsonia | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 210 | Audubon Least Bittern | Today Least BitternBotaurus exilis | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 211 | Audubon Great blue Heron | Today Great Blue HeronArdea herodias | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 212 | Audubon Common Gull | Today Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis | New name, same birdA Ring-billed Gull. The plate calls it the Common Gull, Europe's bird; by 1835 Audubon's text named it the Common American Gull, a different bird. |
| 213 | Audubon Puffin | Today Atlantic PuffinFratercula arctica | New name, same birdAudubon's “Puffin” is today's Atlantic Puffin. |
| 214 | Audubon Razor Bill | Today RazorbillAlca torda | Same name, new spellingOnly the spelling changed: today it is written “Razorbill”. |
| 215 | Audubon Hyperborean phalarope | Today Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Hyperborean phalarope” is today's Red-necked Phalarope. |
| 216 | Audubon Wood Ibiss | Today Wood StorkMycteria americana | New name, same birdAudubon's “Wood Ibiss” is today's Wood Stork. |
| 217 | Audubon Louisiana Heron | Today Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor | New name, same birdAudubon's “Louisiana Heron” is today's Tricolored Heron. |
| 218 | Audubon Foolish Guillemot | Today Common MurreUria aalge | New name, same birdAudubon's “Foolish Guillemot” is today's Common Murre. |
| 219 | Audubon Black Guillemot | Today Black GuillemotCepphus grylle | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 220 | Audubon Piping Plover | Today Piping PloverCharadrius melodus | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 221 | Audubon Mallard Duck | Today MallardAnas platyrhynchos | New name, same birdAudubon's “Mallard Duck” is today's Mallard. |
| 222 | Audubon White Ibis | Today White IbisEudocimus albus | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 223 | Audubon Pied oyster-catcher | Today American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Pied oyster-catcher” is today's American Oystercatcher. The name “Pied oyster-catcher” now belongs to another bird: the Pied Oystercatcher. |
| 224 | Audubon Kittiwake Gull | Today Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla | New name, same birdAudubon's “Kittiwake Gull” is today's Black-legged Kittiwake. |
| 225 | Audubon Kildeer Plover | Today KilldeerCharadrius vociferus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Kildeer Plover” is today's Killdeer. |
| 226 | Audubon Hooping Crane | Today Whooping CraneGrus americana | Same name, new spellingOnly the spelling changed: today it is written “Whooping Crane”. |
| 227 | Audubon Pin tailed Duck | Today Northern PintailAnas acuta | New name, same birdAudubon's “Pin tailed Duck” is today's Northern Pintail. |
| 228 | Audubon American Green winged Teal | Today Green-winged TealAnas crecca | New name, same birdAudubon's “American Green winged Teal” is today's Green-winged Teal. |
| 229 | Audubon Scaup Duck | Today Lesser ScaupAythya affinis | New name, same birdA scaup: Audubon.org and Kenn Kaufman say a Lesser Scaup, the New-York Historical Society a Greater. The Lesser was not named as a species until 1838. |
| 230 | Audubon Ruddy Plover | Today SanderlingCalidris alba | New name, same birdAudubon's “Ruddy Plover” is today's Sanderling. |
| 231 | Audubon Long-billed Curlew | Today Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 232 | Audubon Hooded Merganser | Today Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 233 | Audubon Sora or Rail | Today SoraPorzana carolina | Same nameAudubon gave two names; “Sora” is today's. |
| 234 | Audubon Tufted Duck | Today Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris | New name, same birdAudubon's “Tufted Duck” is today's Ring-necked Duck. The name “Tufted Duck” now belongs to another bird: the Tufted Duck. |
| 235 | Audubon Sooty Tern | Today Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 236 | Audubon Night Heron or Qua bird | Today Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax | New name, same birdAudubon's “Night Heron” is today's Black-crowned Night Heron. |
| 237 | Audubon Great Esquimaux Curlew | Today Hudsonian WhimbrelNumenius hudsonicus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Great Esquimaux Curlew” is today's Hudsonian Whimbrel. |
| 238 | Audubon Great Marbled Godwit | Today Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa | New name, same birdAudubon's “Great Marbled Godwit” is today's Marbled Godwit. |
| 239 | Audubon American Coot | Today American CootFulica americana | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 240 | Audubon Roseate Tern | Today Roseate TernSterna dougallii | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 241 | Audubon Black Backed Gull | Today Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Black Backed Gull” is today's Great Black-backed Gull. |
| 242 | Audubon Snowy Heron or White Egret | Today Snowy EgretEgretta thula | New name, same birdAudubon's “Snowy Heron” is today's Snowy Egret. |
| 243 | Audubon American Snipe | Today Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata | New name, same birdAudubon's “American Snipe” is today's Wilson's Snipe. |
| 244 | Audubon Common Gallinule | Today Common GallinuleGallinula galeata | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 245 | Audubon Uria Brunnichi | Today Thick-billed MurreUria lomvia | New name, same birdAudubon's “Uria Brunnichi” is today's Thick-billed Murre. |
| 246 | Audubon Eider Duck | Today Common EiderSomateria mollissima | New name, same birdAudubon's “Eider Duck” is today's Common Eider. |
| 247 | Audubon Velvet Duck | Today White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi | New name, same birdAudubon's “Velvet Duck” is today's White-winged Scoter. |
| 248 | Audubon American Pied-bill Dobchick | Today Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps | New name, same birdAudubon's “American Pied-bill Dobchick” is today's Pied-billed Grebe. |
| 249 | Audubon Tufted Auk | Today Tufted PuffinFratercula cirrhata | New name, same birdAudubon's “Tufted Auk” is today's Tufted Puffin. |
| 250 | Audubon Arctic Tern | Today Arctic TernSterna paradisaea | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 251 | Audubon Brown Pelican | Today Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 252 | Audubon Florida Cormorant | Today Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum | New name, same birdAudubon's “Florida Cormorant” is today's Double-crested Cormorant. |
| 253 | Audubon Jager | Today Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Jager” is today's Pomarine Jaeger. |
| 254 | Audubon Wilson's Phalarope | Today Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 255 | Audubon Red Phalarope | Today Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 256 | Audubon Purple Heron | Today Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens | New name, same birdAudubon's “Purple Heron” is today's Reddish Egret. The name “Purple Heron” now belongs to another bird: the Purple Heron. |
| 257 | Audubon Double-crested Cormorant | Today Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 258 | Audubon Hudsonian Godwit | Today Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 259 | Audubon Horned Grebe | Today Horned GrebePodiceps auritus | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 260 | Audubon Fork-tail Petrel | Today Leach's Storm-PetrelHydrobates leucorhous | New name, same birdAudubon's “Fork-tail Petrel” is today's Leach's Storm-Petrel. The name “Fork-tail Petrel” now belongs to another bird: the Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel. |
| 261 | Audubon Hooping Crane | Today Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis | Not the bird he thoughtA Sandhill Crane: Audubon thought gray Sandhill Cranes were young Whooping Cranes (the Whooping Crane is plate 226). |
| 262 | Audubon Tropic Bird | Today White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Tropic Bird” is today's White-tailed Tropicbird. |
| 263 | Audubon Pigmy Curlew | Today Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea | New name, same birdAudubon's “Pigmy Curlew” is today's Curlew Sandpiper. |
| 264 | Audubon Fulmar Petrel | Today Northern FulmarFulmarus glacialis | New name, same birdAudubon's “Fulmar Petrel” is today's Northern Fulmar. |
| 265 | Audubon Buff breasted Sandpiper | Today Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis | Same name, new spellingOnly the spelling changed: today it is written “Buff-breasted Sandpiper”. |
| 266 | Audubon Common Cormorant | Today Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo | New name, same birdAudubon's “Common Cormorant” is today's Great Cormorant. |
| 267 | Audubon Arctic Yager | Today Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Arctic Yager” is today's Long-tailed Jaeger. |
| 268 | Audubon American Woodcock | Today American WoodcockScolopax minor | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 269 | Audubon Greenshank | Today Common GreenshankTringa nebularia | New name, same birdAudubon's “Greenshank” is today's Common Greenshank. |
| 270 | Audubon Stormy Petrel | Today Wilson's Storm-PetrelOceanites oceanicus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Stormy Petrel” is today's Wilson's Storm-Petrel. |
| 271 | Audubon Frigate Pelican | Today Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens | New name, same birdAudubon's “Frigate Pelican” is today's Magnificent Frigatebird. |
| 272 | Audubon Richardson's Jager | Today Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Richardson's Jager” is today's Parasitic Jaeger. |
| 273 | Audubon Cayenne Tern | Today Royal TernThalasseus maximus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Cayenne Tern” is today's Royal Tern. |
| 274 | Audubon Semipalmated Snipe, or Willet | Today WilletTringa semipalmata | Same nameAudubon gave two names; “Willet” is today's. |
| 275 | Audubon Noddy Tern | Today Brown NoddyAnous stolidus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Noddy Tern” is today's Brown Noddy. |
| 276 | Audubon King Duck | Today King EiderSomateria spectabilis | New name, same birdAudubon's “King Duck” is today's King Eider. |
| 277 | Audubon Hutchins's Barnacle Goose | Today Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii | New name, same birdToday's Cackling Goose. Audubon kept Hutchins's goose apart from the Canada Goose as a small species of its own, and today's lists agree. |
| 278 | Audubon Schinz's Sandpiper | Today White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis | New name, same birdAudubon's “Schinz's Sandpiper” is today's White-rumped Sandpiper. |
| 279 | Audubon Sandwich Tern | Today Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 280 | Audubon Black Tern | Today Black TernChlidonias niger | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 281 | Audubon Great White Heron | Today Great Blue HeronArdea herodias | Now part of another speciesThe white form of the Great Blue Heron. Audubon described it as a species; whether it is one is still debated. |
| 282 | Audubon White-winged silvery Gull | Today Iceland GullLarus glaucoides | New name, same birdAudubon's “White-winged silvery Gull” is today's Iceland Gull. |
| 283 | Audubon Wandering Shearwater | Today Great ShearwaterArdenna gravis | New name, same birdAudubon's “Wandering Shearwater” is today's Great Shearwater. |
| 284 | Audubon Purple Sandpiper | Today Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 284 | Audubon not named on the plate | Today Wilson's PloverAnarhynchus wilsonia | Not named on the plateA Wilson's Plover was added to this plate; the title names only the sandpiper. |
| 285 | Audubon Fork-tailed Gull | Today Sabine's GullXema sabini | New name, same birdAudubon's “Fork-tailed Gull” is today's Sabine's Gull. |
| 285 | Audubon not named on the plate | Today SanderlingCalidris alba | Not named on the plateA Sanderling shares the plate; the title names only the gull. |
| 286 | Audubon White-fronted Goose | Today Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons | New name, same birdAudubon's “White-fronted Goose” is today's Greater White-fronted Goose. |
| 287 | Audubon Ivory Gull | Today Ivory GullPagophila eburnea | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 288 | Audubon Yellow Shank | Today Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes | New name, same birdAudubon's “Yellow Shank” is today's Lesser Yellowlegs. |
| 289 | Audubon Solitary Sandpiper | Today Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 290 | Audubon Red backed Sandpiper | Today DunlinCalidris alpina | New name, same birdAudubon's “Red backed Sandpiper” is today's Dunlin. |
| 291 | Audubon Herring Gull | Today American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Herring Gull” is today's American Herring Gull. |
| 292 | Audubon Crested Grebe | Today Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Crested Grebe” is today's Great Crested Grebe. |
| 293 | Audubon Large billed Puffin | Today Horned PuffinFratercula corniculata | New name, same birdAudubon's “Large billed Puffin” is today's Horned Puffin. |
| 294 | Audubon Pectoral Sandpiper | Today Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 295 | Audubon Manks Shearwater | Today Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus | Same name, new spellingOnly the spelling changed: today it is written “Manx Shearwater”. |
| 296 | Audubon Barnacle Goose | Today Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 297 | Audubon Harlequin Duck | Today Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 298 | Audubon Red-necked Grebe | Today Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 299 | Audubon Dusky Petrel | Today Sargasso ShearwaterPuffinus lherminieri | New name, same birdAudubon's “Dusky Petrel” is today's Sargasso Shearwater. |
| 300 | Audubon Golden Plover | Today American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominica | New name, same birdAudubon's “Golden Plover” is today's American Golden-Plover. |
| 301 | Audubon Canvas backed Duck | Today CanvasbackAythya valisineria | New name, same birdAudubon's “Canvas backed Duck” is today's Canvasback. |
| 302 | Audubon Dusky Duck | Today American Black DuckAnas rubripes | New name, same birdAudubon's “Dusky Duck” is today's American Black Duck. |
| 303 | Audubon Bartram Sandpiper | Today Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda | New name, same birdAudubon's “Bartram Sandpiper” is today's Upland Sandpiper. |
| 304 | Audubon Turn-stone | Today Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres | New name, same birdAudubon's “Turn-stone” is today's Ruddy Turnstone. |
| 305 | Audubon Purple Gallinule | Today Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 306 | Audubon Great Northern Diver or Loon | Today Common LoonGavia immer | New name, same birdAudubon's “Great Northern Diver” is today's Common Loon. |
| 307 | Audubon Blue Crane or Heron | Today Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea | New name, same birdAudubon's “Blue Crane” is today's Little Blue Heron. The name “Blue Crane” now belongs to another bird: the Blue Crane. |
| 308 | Audubon Tell-tale Godwit or Snipe | Today Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca | New name, same birdAudubon's “Tell-tale Godwit” is today's Greater Yellowlegs. |
| 309 | Audubon Great Tern | Today Common TernSterna hirundo | New name, same birdAudubon's “Great Tern” is today's Common Tern. |
| 310 | Audubon Spotted Sandpiper | Today Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 311 | Audubon American White Pelican | Today American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 312 | Audubon Long-tailed Duck | Today Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 313 | Audubon Blue-Winged Teal | Today Blue-winged TealSpatula discors | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 314 | Audubon Black-headed Gull | Today Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla | New name, same birdAudubon's “Black-headed Gull” is today's Laughing Gull. The name “Black-headed Gull” now belongs to another bird: the Black-headed Gull. |
| 315 | Audubon Red-breasted Sandpiper | Today Red KnotCalidris canutus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Red-breasted Sandpiper” is today's Red Knot. |
| 316 | Audubon Black-bellied Darter | Today AnhingaAnhinga anhinga | New name, same birdAudubon's “Black-bellied Darter” is today's Anhinga. |
| 317 | Audubon Black, or Surf Duck | Today Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata | New name, same birdAudubon's “Black” is today's Surf Scoter. |
| 318 | Audubon American Avocet | Today American AvocetRecurvirostra americana | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 319 | Audubon Lesser Tern | Today Least TernSternula antillarum | New name, same birdAudubon's “Lesser Tern” is today's Least Tern. |
| 320 | Audubon Little Sandpiper | Today Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla | New name, same birdAudubon's “Little Sandpiper” is today's Least Sandpiper. |
| 321 | Audubon Roseate Spoonbill | Today Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 322 | Audubon Red-headed Duck | Today RedheadAythya americana | New name, same birdAudubon's “Red-headed Duck” is today's Redhead. |
| 323 | Audubon Black Skimmer or Shearwater | Today Black SkimmerRynchops niger | Same nameAudubon gave two names; “Black Skimmer” is today's. |
| 324 | Audubon Bonapartian Gull | Today Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia | New name, same birdAudubon's “Bonapartian Gull” is today's Bonaparte's Gull. |
| 325 | Audubon Buffel-headed Duck | Today BuffleheadBucephala albeola | New name, same birdAudubon's “Buffel-headed Duck” is today's Bufflehead. |
| 326 | Audubon Gannet | Today Northern GannetMorus bassanus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Gannet” is today's Northern Gannet. |
| 327 | Audubon Shoveller Duck | Today Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata | New name, same birdAudubon's “Shoveller Duck” is today's Northern Shoveler. |
| 328 | Audubon Long-legged Avocet | Today Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Long-legged Avocet” is today's Black-necked Stilt. |
| 329 | Audubon Yellow-breasted Rail | Today Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensis | New name, same birdAudubon's “Yellow-breasted Rail” is today's Yellow Rail. |
| 330 | Audubon Ring Plover | Today Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Ring Plover” is today's Semipalmated Plover. |
| 331 | Audubon Goosander | Today Common MerganserMergus merganser | New name, same birdAudubon's “Goosander” is today's Common Merganser. |
| 332 | Audubon Pied Duck | Today Labrador DuckCamptorhynchus labradorius | Extinct or possibly extinctExtinct: the last sure specimen, a young male, was taken on Long Island, New York, in the fall of 1875. |
| 333 | Audubon Green Heron | Today Green HeronButorides virescens | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 334 | Audubon Black-bellied Plover | Today Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 335 | Audubon Red-breasted Snipe | Today Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Red-breasted Snipe” is today's Short-billed Dowitcher. |
| 336 | Audubon Yellow-Crowned Heron | Today Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea | New name, same birdAudubon's “Yellow-Crowned Heron” is today's Yellow-crowned Night Heron. |
| 337 | Audubon American Bittern | Today American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 338 | Audubon Bemaculated Duck | Today Mallard × Gadwall (hybrid)Anas platyrhynchos × Mareca strepera | Not the bird he thoughtA Mallard and Gadwall hybrid. Audubon titled it as a species, though his text says it might be a hybrid. |
| 339 | Audubon Little Auk | Today DovekieAlle alle | New name, same birdAudubon's “Little Auk” is today's Dovekie. |
| 340 | Audubon Least Stormy-Petrel | Today European Storm-PetrelHydrobates pelagicus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Least Stormy-Petrel” is today's European Storm-Petrel; he said he collected it off Newfoundland. The name Least Storm-Petrel now belongs to another bird. |
| 341 | Audubon Great Auk | Today Great AukPinguinus impennis | Extinct or possibly extinctExtinct: the last two known Great Auks were killed on Eldey, off Iceland, in June 1844. |
| 342 | Audubon Golden-Eye Duck | Today Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula | New name, same birdAudubon's “Golden-Eye Duck” is today's Common Goldeneye. |
| 343 | Audubon Ruddy Duck | Today Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 344 | Audubon Long-legged Sandpiper | Today Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Long-legged Sandpiper” is today's Stilt Sandpiper. |
| 345 | Audubon American Widgeon | Today American WigeonMareca americana | Same name, new spellingOnly the spelling changed: today it is written “American Wigeon”. |
| 346 | Audubon Black-Throated Diver | Today Pacific LoonGavia pacifica | New name, same birdAudubon's “Black-Throated Diver” is today's Pacific Loon. |
| 347 | Audubon Smew or White Nun | Today SmewMergellus albellus | Same nameAudubon gave two names; “Smew” is today's. |
| 348 | Audubon Gadwall Duck | Today GadwallMareca strepera | New name, same birdAudubon's “Gadwall Duck” is today's Gadwall. |
| 349 | Audubon Least Water-hen | Today Black RailLaterallus jamaicensis | New name, same birdAudubon's “Least Water-hen” is today's Black Rail. |
| 350 | Audubon Rocky Mountain Plover | Today Mountain PloverAnarhynchus montanus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Rocky Mountain Plover” is today's Mountain Plover. |
| 351 | Audubon Great Cinereous Owl | Today Great Gray OwlStrix nebulosa | New name, same birdAudubon's “Great Cinereous Owl” is today's Great Gray Owl. |
| 352 | Audubon Black-Winged Hawk | Today White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Black-Winged Hawk” is today's White-tailed Kite. |
| 353 | Audubon Chesnut-backed Titmouse | Today Chestnut-backed ChickadeePoecile rufescens | New name, same birdAudubon's “Chesnut-backed Titmouse” is today's Chestnut-backed Chickadee. |
| 353 | Audubon Black-capt Titmouse | Today Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Black-capt Titmouse” is today's Black-capped Chickadee. |
| 353 | Audubon Chesnut-crowned Titmouse | Today BushtitPsaltriparus minimus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Chesnut-crowned Titmouse” is today's Bushtit. |
| 354 | Audubon Louisiana Tanager | Today Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana | New name, same birdAudubon's “Louisiana Tanager” is today's Western Tanager. |
| 354 | Audubon Scarlet Tanager | Today Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 355 | Audubon MacGillivray's Finch | Today Seaside SparrowAmmospiza maritima | Now part of another speciesAudubon showed “MacGillivray's Finch” as a species of its own; it is now counted as a form of the Seaside Sparrow. |
| 356 | Audubon Marsh Hawk | Today Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius | New name, same birdAudubon's “Marsh Hawk” is today's Northern Harrier. |
| 357 | Audubon American Magpie | Today Black-billed MagpiePica hudsonia | New name, same birdAudubon's “American Magpie” is today's Black-billed Magpie. |
| 358 | Audubon Pine Grosbeak | Today Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleator | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 359 | Audubon Arkansaw Flycatcher | Today Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis | New name, same birdAudubon's “Arkansaw Flycatcher” is today's Western Kingbird. |
| 359 | Audubon Swallow-Tailed Flycatcher | Today Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Swallow-Tailed Flycatcher” is today's Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. |
| 359 | Audubon Says Flycatcher | Today Say's PhoebeSayornis saya | New name, same birdAudubon's “Says Flycatcher” is today's Say's Phoebe. |
| 360 | Audubon Winter Wren | Today Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 360 | Audubon Rock Wren | Today Rock WrenSalpinctes obsoletus | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 361 | Audubon Long-tailed or Dusky Grous | Today Dusky GrouseDendragapus obscurus | Same name, new spellingOnly the spelling changed: today it is written “Dusky Grouse”. |
| 362 | Audubon Yellow billed Magpie | Today Yellow-billed MagpiePica nuttallii | Same name, new spellingOnly the spelling changed: today it is written “Yellow-billed Magpie”. |
| 362 | Audubon Stellers Jay | Today Steller's JayCyanocitta stelleri | New name, same birdAudubon's “Stellers Jay” is today's Steller's Jay. |
| 362 | Audubon Ultramarine Jay | Today California Scrub-JayAphelocoma californica | New name, same birdAudubon's “Ultramarine Jay” is today's California Scrub-Jay. |
| 362 | Audubon Clark's Crow | Today Clark's NutcrackerNucifraga columbiana | New name, same birdAudubon's “Clark's Crow” is today's Clark's Nutcracker. |
| 363 | Audubon Bohemian Chatterer | Today Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Bohemian Chatterer” is today's Bohemian Waxwing. |
| 364 | Audubon White-winged Crossbill | Today White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 365 | Audubon Lapland Long-spur | Today Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus | Same name, new spellingOnly the spelling changed: today it is written “Lapland Longspur”. |
| 366 | Audubon Iceland or Jer Falcon | Today GyrfalconFalco rusticolus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Iceland” is today's Gyrfalcon. |
| 367 | Audubon Band-tailed Pigeon | Today Band-tailed PigeonPatagioenas fasciata | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 368 | Audubon Rock Grous | Today Rock PtarmiganLagopus muta | New name, same birdAudubon's “Rock Grous” is today's Rock Ptarmigan. |
| 369 | Audubon Mountain Mocking bird | Today Sage ThrasherOreoscoptes montanus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Mountain Mocking bird” is today's Sage Thrasher. |
| 369 | Audubon Varied Thrush | Today Varied ThrushIxoreus naevius | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 370 | Audubon American Water Ouzel | Today American DipperCinclus mexicanus | New name, same birdAudubon's “American Water Ouzel” is today's American Dipper. |
| 371 | Audubon Cock of the Plains | Today Greater Sage-GrouseCentrocercus urophasianus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Cock of the Plains” is today's Greater Sage-Grouse. |
| 372 | Audubon Common Buzzard | Today Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni | Not the bird he thoughtA Swainson's Hawk, which Audubon took for Europe's Common Buzzard. |
| 373 | Audubon Evening Grosbeak | Today Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertina | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 373 | Audubon Spotted Grosbeak | Today Black-headed GrosbeakPheucticus melanocephalus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Spotted Grosbeak” is today's Black-headed Grosbeak. |
| 374 | Audubon Sharp-shinned Hawk | Today Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 375 | Audubon Lesser Red-Poll | Today RedpollAcanthis flammea | Now part of another speciesAudubon's “Lesser Red-Poll” belongs to today's Redpoll: all the redpolls were joined into one species in 2024 and 2025. |
| 376 | Audubon Trumpeter Swan | Today Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 377 | Audubon Scolopaceus Courlan | Today LimpkinAramus guarauna | New name, same birdAudubon's “Scolopaceus Courlan” is today's Limpkin. |
| 378 | Audubon Hawk Owl | Today Northern Hawk OwlSurnia ulula | New name, same birdAudubon's “Hawk Owl” is today's Northern Hawk Owl. |
| 379 | Audubon Ruff-necked Humming-bird | Today Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Ruff-necked Humming-bird” is today's Rufous Hummingbird. |
| 380 | Audubon Tengmalm's Owl | Today Boreal OwlAegolius funereus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Tengmalm's Owl” is today's Boreal Owl. |
| 381 | Audubon Snow Goose | Today Snow GooseAnser caerulescens | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 382 | Audubon Sharp-tailed Grous | Today Sharp-tailed GrouseTympanuchus phasianellus | Same name, new spellingOnly the spelling changed: today it is written “Sharp-tailed Grouse”. |
| 383 | Audubon Long-eared Owl | Today Long-eared OwlAsio otus | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 384 | Audubon Black-Throated Bunting | Today DickcisselSpiza americana | New name, same birdAudubon's “Black-Throated Bunting” is today's Dickcissel. |
| 385 | Audubon Bank Swallow | Today Bank SwallowRiparia riparia | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 385 | Audubon Violet-green Swallow | Today Violet-green SwallowTachycineta thalassina | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 386 | Audubon White Heron | Today Great EgretArdea alba | New name, same birdAudubon's “White Heron” is today's Great Egret. |
| 387 | Audubon Glossy Ibis | Today Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 388 | Audubon Nuttall's Starling | Today Tricolored BlackbirdAgelaius tricolor | New name, same birdAudubon's “Nuttall's Starling” is today's Tricolored Blackbird. |
| 388 | Audubon Yellow-headed Troopial | Today Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Yellow-headed Troopial” is today's Yellow-headed Blackbird. |
| 388 | Audubon Bullock's Oriole | Today Bullock's OrioleIcterus bullockiorum | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 389 | Audubon Red-Cockaded Woodpecker | Today Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealis | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 390 | Audubon Lark Finch | Today Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Lark Finch” is today's Lark Sparrow. |
| 390 | Audubon Prairie Finch | Today Lark BuntingCalamospiza melanocorys | New name, same birdAudubon's “Prairie Finch” is today's Lark Bunting. |
| 390 | Audubon Brown Song Sparrow | Today Song SparrowMelospiza melodia | Now part of another speciesAudubon's “Brown Song Sparrow” is a form of the Song Sparrow, not a species of its own. |
| 391 | Audubon Brant Goose | Today BrantBranta bernicla | New name, same birdAudubon's “Brant Goose” is today's Brant. |
| 392 | Audubon Louisiana Hawk | Today Harris's HawkParabuteo unicinctus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Louisiana Hawk” is today's Harris's Hawk. |
| 393 | Audubon Townsend's Warbler | Today Townsend's WarblerSetophaga townsendi | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 393 | Audubon Arctic Blue-bird | Today Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoides | New name, same birdAudubon's “Arctic Blue-bird” is today's Mountain Bluebird. |
| 393 | Audubon Western Blue-bird | Today Western BluebirdSialia mexicana | Same name, new spellingOnly the spelling changed: today it is written “Western Bluebird”. |
| 394 | Audubon Chestnut-coloured Finch | Today Chestnut-collared LongspurCalcarius ornatus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Chestnut-coloured Finch” is today's Chestnut-collared Longspur. |
| 394 | Audubon Black-headed Siskin | Today Hooded SiskinSpinus magellanicus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Black-headed Siskin” is today's Hooded Siskin. The name “Black-headed Siskin” now belongs to another bird: the Black-headed Siskin. |
| 394 | Audubon Black crown Bunting | Today Golden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapilla | New name, same birdAudubon's “Black crown Bunting” is today's Golden-crowned Sparrow. |
| 394 | Audubon Arctic Ground Finch | Today Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Arctic Ground Finch” is today's Spotted Towhee. |
| 395 | Audubon Audubon's Warbler | Today Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata | Now part of another speciesAudubon's Warbler is now counted as a form of the Yellow-rumped Warbler. |
| 395 | Audubon Hermit Warbler | Today Hermit WarblerSetophaga occidentalis | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 395 | Audubon Black-throated gray Warbler | Today Black-throated Gray WarblerSetophaga nigrescens | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 396 | Audubon Burgomaster Gull | Today Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Burgomaster Gull” is today's Glaucous Gull. |
| 397 | Audubon Scarlet Ibis | Today Scarlet IbisEudocimus ruber | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 398 | Audubon Lazuli Finch | Today Lazuli BuntingPasserina amoena | New name, same birdAudubon's “Lazuli Finch” is today's Lazuli Bunting. |
| 398 | Audubon Clay-coloured Finch | Today Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida | New name, same birdAudubon's “Clay-coloured Finch” is today's Clay-colored Sparrow. |
| 398 | Audubon Oregon Snow Finch | Today Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis | Now part of another speciesAudubon's “Oregon Snow Finch” is now counted as a form of the Dark-eyed Junco. |
| 399 | Audubon Black-throated green Warbler | Today Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 399 | Audubon Blackburnian | Today Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca | Same nameThe title shortens it to “Blackburnian”: the Blackburnian Warbler. |
| 399 | Audubon Mourning Warbler | Today Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 400 | Audubon Arkansaw Siskin | Today Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria | New name, same birdAudubon's “Arkansaw Siskin” is today's Lesser Goldfinch. |
| 400 | Audubon Mealy Red-poll | Today RedpollAcanthis flammea | Now part of another speciesAudubon's “Mealy Red-poll” belongs to today's Redpoll: all the redpolls were joined into one species in 2024 and 2025. |
| 400 | Audubon Louisiana Tanager | Today Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana | New name, same birdAudubon's “Louisiana Tanager” is today's Western Tanager. |
| 400 | Audubon Townsend's Finch | Today Probably a Dickcissel | Mystery birdTownsend's Bunting: one bird, shot in Pennsylvania in 1833 and kept at the Smithsonian; probably an oddly colored Dickcissel. |
| 400 | Audubon Buff-breasted Finch | Today Smith's LongspurCalcarius pictus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Buff-breasted Finch” is today's Smith's Longspur. |
| 401 | Audubon Red-breasted Merganser | Today Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 402 | Audubon Black-throated Guillemot | Today Ancient MurreletSynthliboramphus antiquus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Black-throated Guillemot” is today's Ancient Murrelet. |
| 402 | Audubon Nobbed-billed Auk | Today Least AukletAethia pusilla | New name, same birdAudubon's “Nobbed-billed Auk” is today's Least Auklet. |
| 402 | Audubon Curled-crested Auk | Today Crested AukletAethia cristatella | New name, same birdAudubon's “Curled-crested Auk” is today's Crested Auklet. |
| 402 | Audubon Horned-billed Guillemot | Today Rhinoceros AukletCerorhinca monocerata | New name, same birdAudubon's “Horned-billed Guillemot” is today's Rhinoceros Auklet. |
| 402 | Audubon not named on the plate | Today Kittlitz's MurreletBrachyramphus brevirostris | Not named on the plateA fifth bird on the plate, not among its four titles; identified as a Kittlitz's Murrelet. |
| 403 | Audubon Golden-eye Duck | Today Barrow's GoldeneyeBucephala islandica | New name, same birdAudubon's “Golden-eye Duck” is today's Barrow's Goldeneye. |
| 404 | Audubon Eared Grebe | Today Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 405 | Audubon Semipalmated Sandpiper | Today Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 406 | Audubon Trumpeter Swan | Today Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 407 | Audubon Dusky Albatros | Today Light-mantled AlbatrossPhoebetria palpebrata | Not the bird he thoughtA Light-mantled Albatross of the Southern Ocean, which Audubon took for a new species from a skin said to come from the Columbia River. |
| 408 | Audubon American Scoter Duck | Today Black ScoterMelanitta americana | New name, same birdAudubon's “American Scoter Duck” is today's Black Scoter. |
| 409 | Audubon Havell's Tern | Today Forster's TernSterna forsteri | Now part of another speciesAudubon showed “Havell's Tern” as a species of its own; it is a Forster's Tern. |
| 409 | Audubon Trudeau's Tern | Today Snowy-crowned TernSterna trudeaui | New name, same birdAudubon's “Trudeau's Tern” is today's Snowy-crowned Tern. |
| 410 | Audubon Marsh Tern | Today Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica | New name, same birdAudubon's “Marsh Tern” is today's Gull-billed Tern. |
| 411 | Audubon Common American Swan | Today Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Common American Swan” is today's Tundra Swan. |
| 412 | Audubon Violet-green Cormorant | Today Pelagic CormorantUrile pelagicus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Violet-green Cormorant” is today's Pelagic Cormorant. |
| 412 | Audubon Townsend's Cormorant | Today Brandt's CormorantUrile penicillatus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Townsend's Cormorant” is today's Brandt's Cormorant. |
| 413 | Audubon California Partridge | Today California QuailCallipepla californica | New name, same birdAudubon's “California Partridge” is today's California Quail. |
| 414 | Audubon Golden-winged Warbler | Today Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 414 | Audubon Cape May Warbler | Today Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 415 | Audubon Brown Creeper | Today Brown CreeperCerthia americana | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 415 | Audubon Californian Nuthatch | Today Pygmy NuthatchSitta pygmaea | New name, same birdAudubon's “Californian Nuthatch” is today's Pygmy Nuthatch. |
| 416 | Audubon Hairy Woodpecker | Today Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 416 | Audubon Red-bellied Woodpecker | Today Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 416 | Audubon Red-shafted Woodpecker | Today Northern FlickerColaptes auratus | Now part of another speciesThe Red-shafted Woodpecker is now counted as a form of the Northern Flicker. |
| 416 | Audubon Lewis' Woodpecker | Today Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewis | New name, same birdAudubon's “Lewis' Woodpecker” is today's Lewis's Woodpecker. |
| 416 | Audubon Red-breasted Woodpecker | Today Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruber | New name, same birdAudubon's “Red-breasted Woodpecker” is today's Red-breasted Sapsucker. |
| 417 | Audubon Maria's Woodpecker; Phillips' Woodpecker; Canadian Woodpecker; Harris's Woodpecker; Audubon's Woodpecker | Today Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus | Now part of another speciesFive of the plate's six names, each shown as a species of its own, are all Hairy Woodpeckers. |
| 417 | Audubon Three-toed Woodpecker | Today American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalis | New name, same birdAudubon's “Three-toed Woodpecker” is today's American Three-toed Woodpecker. |
| 418 | Audubon American Ptarmigan | Today Rock PtarmiganLagopus muta | New name, same birdAudubon's “American Ptarmigan” is today's Rock Ptarmigan. |
| 418 | Audubon White-tailed Grous | Today White-tailed PtarmiganLagopus leucura | New name, same birdAudubon's “White-tailed Grous” is today's White-tailed Ptarmigan. |
| 419 | Audubon Little Tawny Thrush | Today Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Little Tawny Thrush” is today's Hermit Thrush. |
| 419 | Audubon Ptiliogony's Townsendi | Today Townsend's SolitaireMyadestes townsendi | New name, same birdThe title gives it a Latin-style name honoring John Kirk Townsend: today's Townsend's Solitaire. |
| 419 | Audubon Canada Jay | Today Canada JayPerisoreus canadensis | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 420 | Audubon Prairie Starling | Today Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Prairie Starling” is today's Red-winged Blackbird. |
| 421 | Audubon Brown Pelican | Today Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 422 | Audubon Rough-legged Falcon | Today Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Rough-legged Falcon” is today's Rough-legged Hawk. |
| 423 | Audubon Plumed--Partridge | Today Mountain QuailOreortyx pictus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Plumed--Partridge” is today's Mountain Quail. |
| 423 | Audubon Thick--legged Partridge | Today Crested BobwhiteColinus cristatus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Thick--legged Partridge” is today's Crested Bobwhite. |
| 424 | Audubon Lazuli Finch | Today Lazuli BuntingPasserina amoena | New name, same birdAudubon's “Lazuli Finch” is today's Lazuli Bunting. |
| 424 | Audubon Crimson-necked Bull-Finch | Today House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Crimson-necked Bull-Finch” is today's House Finch. |
| 424 | Audubon Grey-crowned Linnet | Today Gray-crowned Rosy-FinchLeucosticte tephrocotis | New name, same birdAudubon's “Grey-crowned Linnet” is today's Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch. |
| 424 | Audubon Cow-pen Bird | Today Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater | New name, same birdAudubon's “Cow-pen Bird” is today's Brown-headed Cowbird. |
| 424 | Audubon Evening Grosbeak | Today Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertina | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 424 | Audubon Brown Longspur | Today Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca | Now part of another speciesAudubon showed the “Brown Longspur” as a species of its own; it is now counted as a form of the Fox Sparrow. |
| 425 | Audubon Columbian Humming Bird | Today Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna | New name, same birdAudubon's “Columbian Humming Bird” is today's Anna's Hummingbird. |
| 426 | Audubon Californian Vulture | Today California CondorGymnogyps californianus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Californian Vulture” is today's California Condor. |
| 427 | Audubon White-legged Oyster-catcher; Slender-billed Oyster-catcher | Today Black OystercatcherHaematopus bachmani | Now part of another speciesTwo names, shown as two species, for one bird: the Black Oystercatcher, whose scientific name Audubon gave. |
| 428 | Audubon Townsend's Sandpiper | Today SurfbirdCalidris virgata | New name, same birdAudubon's “Townsend's Sandpiper” is today's Surfbird. |
| 429 | Audubon Western Duck | Today Steller's EiderPolysticta stelleri | New name, same birdAudubon's “Western Duck” is today's Steller's Eider. |
| 430 | Audubon Slender-billed Guillemot | Today Marbled MurreletBrachyramphus marmoratus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Slender-billed Guillemot” is today's Marbled Murrelet. |
| 431 | Audubon American Flamingo | Today American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 432 | Audubon Burrowing Owl; Large-headed Burrowing Owl | Today Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia | Not the bird he thoughtBoth are Burrowing Owls: Audubon at first took the large-headed one for a separate species, then said it was not. |
| 432 | Audubon Little night Owl | Today Little OwlAthene noctua | New name, same birdA Little Owl, an Old World owl; Audubon's text says the specimen came from Nova Scotia, where the species does not live. |
| 432 | Audubon Columbian Owl | Today Northern Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium gnoma | New name, same birdAudubon's “Columbian Owl” is today's Northern Pygmy-Owl. |
| 432 | Audubon Short-eared Owl | Today Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 433 | Audubon Bullock's Oriole | Today Bullock's OrioleIcterus bullockiorum | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 433 | Audubon Baltimore Oriole | Today Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 433 | Audubon Mexican Goldfinch | Today Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria | New name, same birdAudubon's “Mexican Goldfinch” is today's Lesser Goldfinch. |
| 433 | Audubon Varied Thrush | Today Varied ThrushIxoreus naevius | Same nameAudubon's name is today's name. |
| 433 | Audubon Common Water Thrush | Today Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis | New name, same birdAudubon's “Common Water Thrush” is today's Northern Waterthrush. |
| 434 | Audubon Little Tyrant Fly-catcher | Today Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Little Tyrant Fly-catcher” is today's Least Flycatcher. |
| 434 | Audubon Small-headed Fly-catcher | Today never identified | Mystery birdAudubon's bird from near Louisville, Kentucky (1808); never identified, and no one has reported it since. |
| 434 | Audubon Blue Mountain Warbler | Today never identified | Mystery birdDrawn from a specimen lent in London; never identified. One old guess: a young Black-throated Green or Townsend's Warbler. |
| 434 | Audubon Bartram's Vireo | Today Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus | Now part of another species“Bartram's Vireo”, shown as a species of its own, is the Red-eyed Vireo. |
| 434 | Audubon Short-legged Pewee | Today Western Wood-PeweeContopus sordidulus | New name, same birdAudubon's “Short-legged Pewee” is today's Western Wood-Pewee. |
| 434 | Audubon Rocky Mountain Fly-catcher | Today Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans | New name, same birdAudubon's “Rocky Mountain Fly-catcher” is today's Black Phoebe. |
| 435 | Audubon Columbian Water Ouzel; Arctic Water Ouzel | Today American DipperCinclus mexicanus | Not the bird he thoughtTwo names, shown as two species, for one bird: by Audubon's own 1839 text, one is a young American Dipper. |
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Birdfolio, “Audubon's birds, then and now,” October 8, 2026, https://mybirdfolio.com/audubon-birds-then-and-now. Data: https://mybirdfolio.com/downloads/audubon-birds-then-and-now.csv. Today's names: AviList v2025b.
How we counted
We compared the name on each of the 435 plates, as the University of Pittsburgh and Audubon.org list them (our list of all 435 plates), with the bird's English name today in AviList v2025b, the world checklist, using its North American names. That is one row per species per plate: 508 birds. Eight of them are on a plate without being named in its title (prey, or a bird added later), so they are in the table but not in the counts.
Three categories are computed from the two names alone. “Same name” ignores capital letters, and where a title gives two names, “X or Y,” either one counts. “Same name, new spelling” allows only hyphens, spaces, apostrophes and old spellings such as Grous for Grouse, Chesnut for Chestnut and Esquimaux for Eskimo. Anything else is “New name, same bird.”
The other four are judgments, each with its reason in the file: mistakes, birds now counted as forms of other species, mystery birds and extinct birds. We checked them against Audubon's own text, the five volumes of his Ornithological Biography (1831–39), museum and library catalogs, papers and official status decisions. A plate counts once, in the most notable category of the birds its title names, in this order: extinct, mystery, not the bird he thought, now part of another species, new name, new spelling, same name.
Where we had to choose: the Bird of Washington counts as a mystery, not as a young Bald Eagle. Townsend's Bunting counts as a mystery, though most think it a Dickcissel. The Great White Heron counts as a form of the Great Blue Heron, though some argue it is a species (Browning and Kushlan, 2022). The Ivory-billed Woodpecker counts as possibly extinct, though the US government's decision is still open. Which scaup plate 229 shows is disputed: Kenn Kaufman says Lesser, the New-York Historical Society Greater; we follow the Lesser. And a species split since Audubon's day is not a category of its own: the bird counts by its name.
Limits: the plates were printed in several states, and a few carry different titles in different printings; we use the cataloged title and note the others. Names keep changing: in 2025 the AOS split the Warbling Vireo, which AviList v2025b still counts as one. A printed concordance of plate names and the names of the 1998 checklist exists (Susanne M. Low, A Guide to Audubon's Birds of America, 2002); we found no published count like this one.
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