Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 315, volume IV

Green Sandpiper and Wood Sandpiper

Printed “Green Sandpiper / Wood Sandpiper”

Plate 315 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus) and Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
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Printed on the plate

“Green Sandpiper / Wood Sandpiper”

Totanus ochropus / Totanus Glareola

Engraved caption: Wood Sandpiper / Green Sandpiper Totanus Glareola (Temm.) / Totanus ochropus (Temm.)

Modern identification

Figure 1. Green Sandpiper.

Printed “Green Sandpiper”

Green Sandpiper

Tringa ochropus

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

Why

Totanus ochropus Temm. = Tringa ochropus (Green Sandpiper); same species

Sources

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

Figure 2. Wood Sandpiper.

Printed “Wood Sandpiper”

Wood Sandpiper

Tringa glareola

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

Why

Totanus Glareola Temm. = Tringa glareola (Wood Sandpiper); same species

Sources

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

Who made the plate

Drawn from Nature & on Stone by J. & E. Gould.Printed by C. Hullmandel.

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