Printed on the plate
“Hooded Pitta”
Pitta cucullata
Engraved caption: PITTA CUCULLATA, Hartlaub.
Modern identification
Pitta sordida
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pittas · Pittidae
Why
Pitta cucullata Hartlaub, from Nepal to Malaya, is P. sordida cucullata, the chestnut-crowned race of Western Hooded Pitta, which eBird 2025 splits from Eastern Hooded.
Sources
List of Plates; engraved caption; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue
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
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
