Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume I, plate 1

Wedge-tailed Eagle

Volume I, plate 1 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax)
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Printed on the plate

“Wedge-tailed Eagle”

Aquila fucosa

Engraved caption: Aquila fucosa

Modern identification

Wedge-tailed Eagle

Aquila audax

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Hawks, Eagles, and Kites · Accipitridae

Why

Aquila fucosa Cuvier = Wedge-tailed Eagle; not in BirdNET

Sources

List of Plates (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text and synonymy; crosswalk

Who made the plate

J. Gould and H. C. Richter delt.C. Hullmandel Imp.

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