Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 267, volume IV

Great Bustard

Plate 267 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Great Bustard (Otis tarda)
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Printed on the plate

“Great Bustard”

Otis Tarda

Engraved caption: Great Bustard Otis tarda (Linn.)

Modern identification

Great Bustard

Otis tarda

  • Certain
  • Bustards · Otididae

Why

Otis Tarda = Otis tarda, Great Bustard.

Sources

General List (vol. I); crosswalk

Who made the plate

No credit line could be read. Credit lines cut off: the sheet ends in the caption.

The same bird on other plates