Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 238, volume III

Common Hoopoe

Printed “Hoopoe”

Plate 238 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Common Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
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Printed on the plate

“Hoopoe”

Upupa epops

Engraved caption: Hoopoe Upupa epops (Linn.)

Modern identification

Common Hoopoe

Upupa epops

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Hoopoes · Upupidae

Why

Upupa epops Linn. = Upupa epops (Eurasian Hoopoe); same species

Sources

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

Who made the plate

Drawn from Life & 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