Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 239, volume III

Wallcreeper

Plate 239 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria)
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Printed on the plate

“Wall Creeper”

Tichodroma phœnicoptera

Engraved caption: Wall Creeper Tichodroma phoenicoptera (Temm.)

Modern identification

Wallcreeper

Tichodroma muraria

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Wallcreeper · Tichodromidae

Why

Wallcreeper

Sources

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

Who made the plate

Drawn on Stone by E. Lear.Printed by C. Hullmandel.

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