Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 173, volume III

Yellowhammer

Printed “Yellow Bunting”

Plate 173 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
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Printed on the plate

“Yellow Bunting”

Emberiza citrinella

Engraved caption: Yellow Bunting Emberiza citrinella (Linn.)

The printed name is now eBird's name for another bird: Yellow Bunting.

Modern identification

Yellowhammer

Emberiza citrinella

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Old World Buntings · Emberizidae

Why

Yellow Bunting = Yellowhammer. Trap: BirdNET's "Yellow Bunting" is E. sulphurata

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