Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 310, volume IV

Common Redshank

Printed “Redshank”

Plate 310 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)
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Printed on the plate

“Redshank”

Totanus calidris

Engraved caption: Redshank Totanus calidris (Bechst.)

Modern identification

Common Redshank

Tringa totanus

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Sandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae

Why

Redshank

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.

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

The same bird on other plates