Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Asia · Volume VI, plate 31

Philippine Pygmy Woodpecker

Printed “Banded Pygmy Woodpecker”

Volume VI, plate 31 of Gould's The Birds of Asia: Philippine Pygmy Woodpecker (Yungipicus maculatus)
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Printed on the plate

“Banded Pygmy Woodpecker”

Iyngipicus fulvifasciatus

Engraved caption: IYNGIPICUS FULVIFAS CIATUS, Hargitt.

Modern identification

Philippine Pygmy Woodpecker

Yungipicus maculatus

  • Certain
  • Shown as a subspecies
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Woodpeckers · Picidae

Why

Hargitt's fulvifasciatus of Mindanao and Basilan is a race of the Philippine Pygmy Woodpecker.

Sources

List of Plates (vol. VI); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue; the plate

Who made the plate

W. Hart, del. et lith.Walter, imp.

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

The same bird on other plates