Printed on the plate
“White-breasted Sea Eagle”
Haliaster leucosternus
Engraved caption: Haliaster leucosternus
Modern identification
Haliastur indus
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Hawks, Eagles, and Kites · Accipitridae
Why
Gould's Haliaster leucosternus = the Australasian race girrenera of Brahminy Kite, Haliastur indus.
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.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
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