Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 140, volume II

Red-throated Pipit

Plate 140 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus)
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Printed on the plate

“Red-throated Pipit”

Anthus rufogularis

Engraved caption: Red-Throated Pipit Anthus rufogularis (Temm.)

Modern identification

Red-throated Pipit

Anthus cervinus

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Wagtails and Pipits · Motacillidae

Why

Anthus rufogularis Temm. = Red-throated Pipit A. cervinus

Sources

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

Who made the plate

Drawn from Nature & on Stone by J. & E. GouldPrinted by C. Hullmandel.

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

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