Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume I, plate 17

Brown Goshawk

Printed “Australian Goshawk”

Volume I, plate 17 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Brown Goshawk (Tachyspiza fasciata)
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Printed on the plate

“Australian Goshawk”

Astur approximans

Engraved caption: Astur approximans

Modern identification

Brown Goshawk

Tachyspiza fasciata

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

Why

approximans Vig&Horsf = Brown Goshawk

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 delt.C. Hullmandel Imp.

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

The same bird on other plates