Printed on the plate
“Tengmalm's Owl”
Nyctale Tengmalmi
Engraved caption: NYCTALE TENGMALMI.
Modern identification
Aegolius funereus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Owls · Strigidae
Why
Nyctale tengmalmi, Tengmalm's Owl = Boreal Owl, Aegolius funereus; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 49
Who made the plate
J. Gould & H. C. Richter, del et lith.Walter, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
