Printed on the plate
“Common Flamingo”
Phœnicopterus ruber
Engraved caption: Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber (Linn.)
Modern identification
Phoenicopterus roseus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Flamingos · Phoenicopteridae
Why
Gould's Old World flamingo = Greater Flamingo P. roseus. Trap: modern P. ruber is the American Flamingo
Sources
General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; crosswalk
Who made the plate
E. Lear del et lith.Printed by C. Hullmandel.
- Edward Lear drew and lithographed
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
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