Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 372, volume V

Steller's Eider

Printed “Western Duck”

Plate 372 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Steller's Eider (Polysticta stelleri)
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Printed on the plate

“Western Duck”

Fuligula Dispar

Engraved caption: Western Duck Anas Dispar (Gmel.); Fuligula Dispar (Steph.)

Modern identification

Steller's Eider

Polysticta stelleri

  • Certain
  • Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl · Anatidae

Why

Fuligula Dispar = Polysticta stelleri, Steller's Eider.

Sources

General List (vol. I); crosswalk

Who made the plate

No credit line could be read. Credit lines cut off: the sheet ends in the caption.

The same bird on other plates