Printed on the plate
“Sonnerat's Pygmy Woodpecker”
Iyngipicus maculatus
Engraved caption: IYNGIPICUS MACULATUS®
Modern identification
Yungipicus maculatus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Woodpeckers · Picidae
Why
Scopoli's Picus maculatus (Sonnerat's bird from Panay; Luzon specimens) = Philippine Pygmy Woodpecker: spotted breast, barred rump.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. VI); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue; the plate
Who made the plate
W. Hart del. et lith.Walter, imp.
- William Matthew Hart drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
