Printed on the plate
“Teal”
Querquedula crecca
Engraved caption: QUERQUEDOIA CRECCA.
Modern identification
Anas crecca
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl · Anatidae
Why
Querquedula crecca = Anas crecca Linn., the Eurasian Teal (the plate's drake has the white scapular line); eBird 2025 lumps it with the American bird as Green-winged Teal.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 362
Who made the plate
J. Gould, and 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.
