Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Great Britain · Volume II, plate 53

Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin

Printed “Rufous Sedge-Warbler”

Volume II, plate 53 of Gould's The Birds of Great Britain: Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin (Cercotrichas galactotes)
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Printed on the plate

“Rufous Sedge-Warbler”

Aëdon galactodes

Engraved caption: AEDON GALACTODES.

Modern identification

Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin

Cercotrichas galactotes

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

Why

Aëdon galactodes, Gould's Rufous Sedge-Warbler = Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin, Cercotrichas galactotes; same species.

Sources

engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 112

Who made the plate

J. Gould & 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