Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume I, plate 19

Collared Sparrowhawk

Volume I, plate 19 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Collared Sparrowhawk (Tachyspiza cirrocephala)
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Printed on the plate

“Collared Sparrow Hawk”

Accipiter torquatus

Engraved caption: Accipiter torquatus

Modern identification

Collared Sparrowhawk

Tachyspiza cirrocephala

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

Why

torquatus Cuvier = Collared Sparrowhawk

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.