Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume II, plate 104

Weebill

Printed “Yellow-tinted Smicrornis”

Volume II, plate 104 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris)
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Printed on the plate

“Yellow-tinted Smicrornis”

Smicrornis flavescens

Engraved caption: Smicrornis flavescens

Modern identification

Weebill

Smicrornis brevirostris

  • Certain
  • Shown as a subspecies
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Thornbills and Allies · Acanthizidae

Why

Gould's Smicrornis flavescens = the northern race flavescens of Weebill.

Sources

List of Plates (vol. II); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text and synonymy; crosswalk

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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