Printed on the plate
“Formosan Green Woodpecker”
Gecinus Tancolo
Engraved caption: GECINUS TANCOLO, Gould.
Modern identification
Picus canus
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Woodpeckers · Picidae
Why
Gecinus tancolo Gould, from Formosa, is Picus canus tancolo, a race of Gray-headed Woodpecker in eBird's Black-naped group.
Sources
List of Plates; engraved caption; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue
Who made the plate
J. Gould and H. C. Richter, del. et lithWalter & Cohn, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter & Cohn printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
