Printed on the plate
“White-backed Woodpecker”
Picus leuconotus
Engraved caption: PICUS LEUCONOTUS, Bechst.
Modern identification
Dendrocopos leucotos
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Woodpeckers · Picidae
Why
Picus leuconotus Bechst. = White-backed Woodpecker, Dendrocopos leucotos; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 228
Who made the plate
J. Gould & W. Hart del et lith.Walter, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- William Matthew Hart drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
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