Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 316, volume IV

Common Sandpiper

Plate 316 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
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Printed on the plate

“Common Sandpiper”

Totanus Hypoleucus

Engraved caption: Common Sandpiper Totanus Hypoleucos (Temm.)

Modern identification

Common Sandpiper

Actitis hypoleucos

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

Why

Totanus Hypoleucus Temm. = Actitis hypoleucos (Common Sandpiper); same species, older binomial

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.

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

The same bird on other plates