Prothonotary Warbler

Prothonotary Warbler
Sylvia protonotarius [now Protonotaria citrea]
Folio edition, plate 3

“I never saw this pretty bird in any of our eastern districts, and rarely farther up the Ohio than Louisville. . . . Louisiana seems in fact better suited to its habits than any other state, on account of its numerous lakes, creeks and lagoons, overshadowed by large trees, and which are favourite places of resort for this species. . . . Its flight is rapid, and . . . the brightness of its colours attracts the eye.”

John James Audubon, Ornithological Biography, or An Account of the Habits of the Birds of the United States of America (Edinburgh: A. Black [et al.], 1831), vol. 1, p. 22.

View bird in National Audubon Society Guide to North American Birds.