Audubon

American  

[aw-duh-bon, -buhn] / ˈɔ dəˌbɒn, -bən /

noun

1. John James, 1785–1851, U.S. naturalist who painted and wrote about the birds of North America.

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Audubon British  

/ ˈɔːdəˌbɒn /

noun

1. John James. 1785–1851, US naturalist and artist, noted particularly for his paintings of birds in Birds of America (1827–38)

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Audubon Scientific  

/ ô′də-bŏn′ /

1. American ornithologist and artist. His effort to catalog every species of bird in the United States resulted in the publication of The Birds of America (1827–1838), a collection of 1,065 life-size engravings of birds found in eastern North America. It is considered a classic work in ornithology and in American art.

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Example Sentences

A beautiful Audubon matching game with delicately illustrated birds.

From Salon • Feb. 3, 2026

In a recent online talk, Travis Longcore, an environmental scientist and former president of the Los Angeles Audubon Society, laid out a detailed online analysis of the proposed regulations.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2025

How do you balance your time between your acting work and your work with Audubon?

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2025

And you know something else, it’s like, with Audubon, somehow I’m just able to make things work.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2025

A few days later Molly borrowed a spotting scope from the Audubon Club, and she and her friends set it up in her room with its perfect view of the nest.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George