Printed on the plate
“Green Woodpecker, or Yaffle”
Gecinus viridis
Engraved caption: GECINUS VIRIDIS.
Modern identification
Picus viridis
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Woodpeckers · Picidae
Why
Gecinus viridis, the Yaffle = Eurasian Green Woodpecker, Picus viridis; the British bird, not the Iberian Green Woodpecker eBird splits.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 226
Who made the plate
J. Gould and H. C. Richter, del. et lith.Walter & Cohn, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter & Cohn printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
