Printed on the plate
“Spoonbill”
Platalea leucorodia
Engraved caption: PLATALEA LEUCORODIA. Linn.
Modern identification
Platalea leucorodia
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Ibises and Spoonbills · Threskiornithidae
Why
Platalea leucorodia Linn. = Eurasian Spoonbill; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 286
Who made the plate
No credit line could be read. Credit lines cut off: the sheet ends in the caption.
