Printed on the plate
“Great Skua”
Stercorarius catarrhactes
Engraved caption: STERCORARIUS CATARRACTES.
Modern identification
Stercorarius skua
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Skuas and Jaegers · Stercorariidae
Why
Stercorarius catarrhactes = Larus catarrhactes Linn. (Catharacta skua Bruenn.), Stercorarius skua, Great Skua; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; the plate; Birds of Europe plate 439
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.
