Printed on the plate
“Little Ringed Plover”
Ægialitis minor
Engraved caption: ECIALTIS MONOR.
Modern identification
Thinornis dubius
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Plovers and Lapwings · Charadriidae
Why
Aegialitis minor = Charadrius minor Meyer (curonicus Beseke), Little Ringed Plover, Thinornis dubius in eBird 2025; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 297
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.
