Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume II, plate 5

Tawny Frogmouth

Printed “Moth-plumaged Podargus”

Volume II, plate 5 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)
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Printed on the plate

“Moth-plumaged Podargus”

Podargus Phalaenoides

Engraved caption: Podargus Phalaenoides

Modern identification

Tawny Frogmouth

Podargus strigoides

  • Certain
  • Shown as a subspecies
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Frogmouths · Podargidae

Why

Gould's Podargus phalaenoides = the northern race phalaenoides of Tawny Frogmouth.

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