Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 52, volume II

Red-necked Nightjar

Printed “Red-collared Goatsucker”

Plate 52 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Red-necked Nightjar (Caprimulgus ruficollis)
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Printed on the plate

“Red-collared Goatsucker”

Caprimulgus ruficollis

Engraved caption: Red-Collared Goatsucker Caprimulgus ruficollis (Temm.)

Modern identification

Red-necked Nightjar

Caprimulgus ruficollis

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Nightjars and Allies · Caprimulgidae

Why

Caprimulgus ruficollis Temm. = Caprimulgus ruficollis (Red-necked Nightjar); same species

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