Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume I, plate 14

Gray Goshawk

Printed “New Holland Goshawk”

Volume I, plate 14 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Gray Goshawk (Tachyspiza novaehollandiae)
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Printed on the plate

“New Holland Goshawk”

Astur Novae-Hollandiae

Engraved caption: Astur Novae-Hollandiae

Modern identification

Gray Goshawk

Tachyspiza novaehollandiae

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

Why

Grey Goshawk, grey morph

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