Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 423, volume V

White-winged Tern

Plate 423 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)
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Printed on the plate

“White-winged Tern”

Viralva leucoptera

Engraved caption: White-winged Tern Sterna leucoptera (Linn.); Viralva leucoptera (Leach)

Modern identification

White-winged Tern

Chlidonias leucopterus

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers · Laridae

Why

Viralva leucoptera Leach. = Chlidonias leucopterus (White-winged Tern); 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