Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 144, volume II

Citrine Wagtail

Printed “Yellow-headed Wagtail”

Plate 144 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola)
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Printed on the plate

“Yellow-headed Wagtail”

Motacilla citreola

Engraved caption: Yellow Headed Wagtail Motacilla citreola (Pall.)

Modern identification

Citrine Wagtail

Motacilla citreola

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

Why

Motacilla citreola Pall. = Motacilla citreola (Citrine Wagtail); same species

Sources

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

Who made the plate

Drawn from Life and on Stone by J. & E. Gould.Printed by C. Hullmandel

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

The same bird on other plates