Printed on the plate
“White-headed Osprey”
Pandion leucocephalus
Engraved caption: Pandion leucocephalus
Modern identification
Pandion haliaetus
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Osprey · Pandionidae
Why
Gould's Pandion leucocephalus = Eastern Osprey, P. haliaetus cristatus, which eBird keeps in Osprey as the group Osprey (Australasian).
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
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
