Printed on the plate
“Kestrel”
Tinnunculus alaudarius
Engraved caption: TINNUNCULUS ALAUDARIUS.
Modern identification
Falco tinnunculus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Falcons and Caracaras · Falconidae
Why
Tinnunculus alaudarius = Eurasian Kestrel, Falco tinnunculus; same species, older name.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 26
Who made the plate
J. Wolf and H. C. Richter, del. et lith.Walter & Cohn, Imp.
- Joseph Wolf drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter & Cohn printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
