Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 27, volume I

Lesser Kestrel

Plate 27 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni)
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Printed on the plate

“Lesser Kestrel”

Falco Tinnunculoides

Engraved caption: Lesser Kestrel Falco tinnunculoides (Natter)

Modern identification

Lesser Kestrel

Falco naumanni

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Falcons and Caracaras · Falconidae

Why

Falco tinnunculoides Natt. = Lesser Kestrel F. naumanni

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.

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