Printed on the plate
“Barn Owl”
Strix flammea
Engraved caption: Barn Owl Strix flammea (Linn.)
Modern identification
Tyto alba
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Barn-Owls · Tytonidae
Why
Strix flammea Linn. = Barn Owl; European bird is Western Barn Owl if split, BirdNET keeps Tyto alba; eBird splits Barn Owl; the binomial stays with Western Barn Owl
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.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Elizabeth Gould drew and lithographed
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
