Printed on the plate
“Red-backed Halcyon”
Halcyon pyrrhopygia
Engraved caption: Halcyon pyrrhopygia
Modern identification
Todiramphus pyrrhopygius
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Kingfishers · Alcedinidae
Why
Red-backed Kingfisher; not in BirdNET
Sources
List of Plates (vol. II); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text and synonymy; crosswalk
Who made the plate
J. & E. Gould delt.C. Hullmandel Imp.
- John Gould drew
- Elizabeth Gould drew
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.