Printed on the plate
“Steere's Broadbill”
Sarcophanops Steerii
Engraved caption: SARCOPHANOPS STEERI, Sharpe.
Modern identification
Sarcophanops steerii
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Asian and Grauer's Broadbills · Eurylaimidae
Why
Sarcophanops steerii Sharpe (Basilan) = Wattled Broadbill; eBird 2025 splits the Visayan Broadbill (S. samarensis) off, and Basilan birds stay in S. steerii.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue; the plate
Who made the plate
J. Gould & W. Hart del et lith.Walter, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- William Matthew Hart drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
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