Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Great Britain · Volume II, plate 49

Bluethroat

Printed “Red-throated Bluebreast”

Volume II, plate 49 of Gould's The Birds of Great Britain: Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)
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Printed on the plate

“Red-throated Bluebreast”

Cyanecula suecica

Engraved caption: CYANECULA SUECICA.

Modern identification

Bluethroat

Luscinia svecica

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Old World Flycatchers · Muscicapidae

Why

Cyanecula suecica, Gould's Red-throated Bluebreast = Bluethroat, Luscinia svecica, the red-spotted northern bird; same species.

Sources

engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 97

Who made the plate

J. Gould, and H. C. Richter, del. et lith.Walter Imp.

As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.

The same bird on other plates