Printed on the plate
“Little Bittern”
Ardetta minuta
Engraved caption: ARDETTA MNUTA .
Modern identification
Botaurus minutus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns · Ardeidae
Why
Ardetta minuta = Ardea minuta Linn., Little Bittern; eBird 2025 puts Ixobrychus in Botaurus, so Botaurus minutus.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 282
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.
