Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 12, volume I

Osprey

Plate 12 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
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Printed on the plate

“Osprey”

Pandion haliaëtus

Engraved caption: Osprey Pandion haliaetus (Savig.)

Modern identification

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Osprey · Pandionidae

Why

Pandion haliaëtus Savig. = Pandion haliaetus (Osprey); same species, older binomial

Sources

General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; crosswalk

Who made the plate

Drawn from Life & on Stone by E. LearPrinted by C. Hullmandel

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

The same bird on other plates