Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume II, plate 40

Striated Pardalote

Printed “Black-headed Pardalote”

Volume II, plate 40 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus)
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Printed on the plate

“Black-headed Pardalote”

Pardalotus melanocephalus

Engraved caption: Pardalotus melanocephalus

Modern identification

Striated Pardalote

Pardalotus striatus

  • Certain
  • Shown as a subspecies
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Pardalotes · Pardalotidae

Why

Gould's Pardalotus melanocephalus = the black-headed east-Queensland race of Striated Pardalote.

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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