Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 16, volume I

European Honey-buzzard

Printed “Honey Buzzard”

Plate 16 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: European Honey-buzzard (Pernis apivorus)
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Printed on the plate

“Honey Buzzard”

Pernis apivorus

Engraved caption: Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus (Cuv.)

Modern identification

European Honey-buzzard

Pernis apivorus

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Hawks, Eagles, and Kites · Accipitridae

Why

Pernis apivorus Cuv. = Pernis apivorus (European Honey-buzzard); same species

Sources

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

Who made the plate

Drawn from Nature & 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