Printed on the plate
“Black Vulture”
Otogyps calvus
Engraved caption: OTOCYPS CALVUS.
The printed name is now eBird's name for another bird: Black Vulture.
Modern identification
Sarcogyps calvus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Hawks, Eagles, and Kites · Accipitridae
Why
Gould's Otogyps calvus = Sarcogyps calvus, Red-headed Vulture; same species, older genus.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue; the plate
Who made the plate
J. Wolf and H. C. Richter, del. et lithHullmandel & Walton, Imp.
- Joseph Wolf drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Hullmandel & Walton printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.