Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume I, plate 11

Brown Falcon

Printed “Brown Hawk”

Volume I, plate 11 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Brown Falcon (Falco berigora)
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Printed on the plate

“Brown Hawk”

Ieracidea Berigora

Engraved caption: Ieracidea Berigora

Modern identification

Brown Falcon

Falco berigora

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Falcons and Caracaras · Falconidae

Why

Ieracidea = Falco

Sources

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

Who made the plate

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

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

The same bird on other plates