Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume II, plate 100

Large-billed Gerygone

Printed “Great-billed Gerygone”

Volume II, plate 100 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Large-billed Gerygone (Gerygone magnirostris)
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Printed on the plate

“Great-billed Gerygone”

Gerygone magnirostris

Engraved caption: Gerygone magnirostris

Modern identification

Large-billed Gerygone

Gerygone magnirostris

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Thornbills and Allies · Acanthizidae

Why

Large-billed Gerygone

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 del et lith.Hullmandel & Walton Imp.

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