Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 324, volume IV

Red Knot

Printed “Knot”

Plate 324 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Red Knot (Calidris canutus)
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Printed on the plate

“Knot”

Calidris Canutus

Engraved caption: Knot Calidris canutus

Modern identification

Red Knot

Calidris canutus

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

Why

Knot

Sources

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

Who made the plate

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

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

The same bird on other plates