Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume II, plate 20

Blue-winged Kookaburra

Printed “Fawn-breasted Kingfisher”

Volume II, plate 20 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Blue-winged Kookaburra (Dacelo leachii)
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Printed on the plate

“Fawn-breasted Kingfisher”

Dacelo cervina

Engraved caption: Dacelo cervina

Modern identification

Blue-winged Kookaburra

Dacelo leachii

  • Certain
  • Shown as a subspecies
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Kingfishers · Alcedinidae

Why

Gould's Dacelo cervina = the NT race cervina of Blue-winged Kookaburra.

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.C. Hullmandel Imp.

As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.

The same bird on other plates