Printed on the plate
“Whimbrel”
Numenius phæopus
Engraved caption: NUMENIUS PHOPUS .
Modern identification
Numenius phaeopus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Sandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae
Why
Numenius phaeopus = Scolopax phaeopus Linn., Eurasian Whimbrel. Gould's synonymy folds in Latham's hudsonicus, but his bird is the British one, which stays with the binomial after eBird 2025's split.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 303
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.
