Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Great Britain · Volume IV, plate 83

Red-necked Phalarope

Volume IV, plate 83 of Gould's The Birds of Great Britain: Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
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Printed on the plate

“Red-necked Phalarope”

Lobipes hyperboreus

Engraved caption: LOBIPES HYPERBOREUS .

Modern identification

Red-necked Phalarope

Phalaropus lobatus

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Sandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae

Why

Lobipes hyperboreus = Tringa hyperborea Linn., Phalaropus lobatus, Red-necked Phalarope; same species.

Sources

engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 336

Who made the plate

J. Gould & H. C. Richter, del. et lith.Walter, Imp.

As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.

The same bird on other plates