Printed on the plate
“Red-headed Paradoxornis”
Paradoxornis ruficeps
Engraved caption: PARADOXORNIS RUFICEPS.
Modern identification
Paradoxornis ruficeps
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Parrotbills · Paradoxornithidae
Why
Paradoxornis ruficeps Blyth (Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan) = White-breasted Parrotbill, which eBird 2025 splits from Rufous-headed (P. bakeri): rufous head, cream-white underparts.
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
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