Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Great Britain · Volume V, plate 73

Little Tern

Volume V, plate 73 of Gould's The Birds of Great Britain: Little Tern (Sternula albifrons)
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Printed on the plate

“Little Tern”

Sternula minuta

Engraved caption: STERNULA MINUTA.

Modern identification

Little Tern

Sternula albifrons

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers · Laridae

Why

Sternula minuta = Sterna minuta Linn., Sternula albifrons, Little Tern; same species.

Sources

engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 420

Who made the plate

J. Gould, and 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