Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume I, plate 31

Eastern Barn Owl

Printed “Delicate Owl”

Volume I, plate 31 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Eastern Barn Owl (Tyto javanica)
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Printed on the plate

“Delicate Owl”

Strix delicatulus

Engraved caption: Strix delicatulus

Modern identification

Eastern Barn Owl

Tyto javanica

  • Certain
  • Shown as a subspecies
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Barn-Owls · Tytonidae

Why

Gould's Strix delicatulus = Eastern Barn Owl, Tyto javanica delicatula, the Australian race.

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.Hullmandel & Walton Imp.

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

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