Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Asia · Volume II, plate 59

Rufous-vented Tit

Printed “Rufous-bellied Tit”

Volume II, plate 59 of Gould's The Birds of Asia: Rufous-vented Tit (Periparus rubidiventris)
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Printed on the plate

“Rufous-bellied Tit”

Parus rubidiventris

Engraved caption: PARUS RUBIDIVENTRIS, Blyth

The printed name is now eBird's name for another bird: Rufous-bellied Tit.

Modern identification

Rufous-vented Tit

Periparus rubidiventris

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice · Paridae

Why

Parus rubidiventris Blyth (Nepal) = Periparus rubidiventris, Rufous-vented Tit; same species.

Sources

List of Plates (vol. II); engraved caption on the leaf; the text leaf bound after the plate; Kansas catalogue; pinned in Featherframe (gould_asia.yaml)

Who made the plate

J. Gould and H. C. Richter, del. et lith.Hullmandel & Walton, Imp.

As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.