Printed on the plate
“Iceland Falcon”
Falco islandus
Engraved caption: FALCO ISLANDUS, J.F.Gmel.
Modern identification
Falco rusticolus
- Certain
- A variant
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Falcons and Caracaras · Falconidae
Why
Gould's Falco islandus, the Iceland Falcon, is the Icelandic population of the Gyrfalcon, once called a race; Clements treats the Gyrfalcon as monotypic.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 19
Who made the plate
J. Wolf & H. C. Richter, del et lith.Walter, Imp.
- Joseph Wolf drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
