Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Europe · Plate 93, volume II

Whinchat

Plate 93 of Gould's The Birds of Europe: Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
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Printed on the plate

“Whinchat”

Saxicola rubetra

Engraved caption: Whinchat Saxicola rubetra (Bechst.)

Modern identification

Whinchat

Saxicola rubetra

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Old World Flycatchers · Muscicapidae

Why

Saxicola rubetra Bechst. = Saxicola rubetra (Whinchat); same species

Sources

General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; crosswalk

Who made the plate

Drawn from Life and 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