Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 28, volume I

Red Kite

Printed “Kite”

Plate 28 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Red Kite (Milvus milvus)
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Printed on the plate

“Kite”

Milvus vulgaris

Engraved caption: Kite Milvus vulgaris (Flem.)

Modern identification

Red Kite

Milvus milvus

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Hawks, Eagles, and Kites · Accipitridae

Why

Milvus vulgaris Flem. = Red Kite

Sources

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

Who made the plate

E. Lear del et lithog.Printed by C. Hullmandel.

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

The same bird on other plates