Printed on the plate
“Goulpourah Sun-bird”
Nectarinia Goalpariensis
Engraved caption: NECTARIVIA COALPARIENSIS.
Modern identification
Aethopyga siparaja
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Sunbirds and Spiderhunters · Nectariniidae
Why
Nectarinia goalpariensis Royle, of northern and eastern India, is Aethopyga siparaja seheriae, a race of Crimson Sunbird (eBird group Goulpourah).
Sources
List of Plates; engraved caption; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue
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
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