Printed on the plate
“Hoopoe”
Upupa epops
Engraved caption: UPUPA EPOPS, Linn.
Modern identification
Upupa epops
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Hoopoes · Upupidae
Why
Upupa epops = Common Hoopoe; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 238
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.
