Printed on the plate
“Rufous Swallow”
Hirundo rufula
Engraved caption: Rufous Swallow Hirundo rufula (Temm.)
Modern identification
Cecropis rufula
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Swallows · Hirundinidae
Why
Hirundo rufula Temm. is the European Red-rumped Swallow, Cecropis rufula, one of the daughters of eBird 2025's split of Red-rumped Swallow; BirdNET still lumps it as C. daurica, the name eBird now keeps for the Eastern bird.
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.
- 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.
