Printed on the plate
“Blue-and-white Kingfisher”
Halcyon fulgidus
Engraved caption: HALCYON FULGIDUS, Gould.
The printed name is now eBird's name for another bird: Blue-and-white Kingfisher.
Modern identification
Caridonax fulgidus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Kingfishers · Alcedinidae
Why
Halcyon fulgidus Gould (Lombok) = Caridonax fulgidus, White-rumped Kingfisher; same species, now its own genus.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue; the plate
Who made the plate
J. Gould and H. C. Richter, del. et lith.Hullmandel & Walton, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Hullmandel & Walton printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.