Printed on the plate
“Common Buzzard”
Buteo vulgaris
Engraved caption: BUTEO VULGARIS.
Modern identification
Buteo buteo
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Hawks, Eagles, and Kites · Accipitridae
Why
Buteo vulgaris = Common Buzzard, Buteo buteo; same species, older name.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 14
Who made the plate
J. Wolf & 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.
