Printed on the plate
“Sordid Halcyon”
Halcyon sordidus
Engraved caption: Halcyon sordidus
Modern identification
Todiramphus sordidus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Kingfishers · Alcedinidae
Why
Torresian Kingfisher (split from Collared in BirdNET)
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.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Hullmandel & Walton printed
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