Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume II, plate 10

White-throated Needletail

Printed “Australian Spine-tailed Swallow”

Volume II, plate 10 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: White-throated Needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus)
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Printed on the plate

“Australian Spine-tailed Swallow”

Acanthylis caudacuta

Engraved caption: Acanthylis caudacuta

Modern identification

White-throated Needletail

Hirundapus caudacutus

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Swifts · Apodidae

Why

White-throated Needletail

Sources

List of Plates (vol. II); 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 deltC. Hullmandel Imp.

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