Birds of America
Introduction

Audubon would like to thank Richard Buonanno for compiling the content for this online version of John James Audubon's Birds of America, now available for display on Audubon.org. It is from an 1840 "First Octavo Edition" of Audubon's complete seven volume text, and presents Audubon's images and original text descriptions. Bird species can be found listed alphabetically, or categorized by family. Audubon's drawings of some species' anatomical features are also included in the "Figures" section. The list of species that have gone extinct since Audubon's time was provided by Mr. Buonanno, as was the list of State Birds.

Note: This online edition utilizes the following conventions:

• Within the text, you will see many names in capital letters. This was the convention that Audubon himself used in his text to set off proper names.
• The Greek words that Audubon used in his Family and Genus descriptions have been "Latinized."
• The letters sometimes used in Audubon’s species descriptions refer to the specific parts of the Figure for that article. These letters have been enclosed in square brackets in order to make them more visible.