Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 241, volume III

Great Spotted Cuckoo

Plate 241 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Great Spotted Cuckoo (Clamator glandarius)
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Printed on the plate

“Great Spotted Cuckoo”

Cuculus glandarius

Engraved caption: Great Spotted Cuckoo Cuculus glandarius (Linn.)

Modern identification

Great Spotted Cuckoo

Clamator glandarius

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Cuckoos · Cuculidae

Why

Cuculus glandarius Linn. = Clamator glandarius (Great Spotted Cuckoo); 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