Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume I, plate 15

Gray Goshawk

Printed “White Goshawk”

Volume I, plate 15 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Gray Goshawk (Tachyspiza novaehollandiae)
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Printed on the plate

“White Goshawk”

Astur (albino)

Engraved caption: Astur Novae-Hollandiae (White Variety?)

Modern identification

Gray Goshawk

Tachyspiza novaehollandiae

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

Why

Gould's 'White Goshawk' is the white morph of the Grey Goshawk, Tachyspiza novaehollandiae.

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 del et lith.C. Hullmandel Imp.

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

The same bird on other plates