Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume II, plate 55

Black-faced Cuckooshrike

Printed “Black-faced Graucalus”

Volume II, plate 55 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Black-faced Cuckooshrike (Coracina novaehollandiae)
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Printed on the plate

“Black-faced Graucalus”

Graucalus melanops

Engraved caption: Graucalus melanops

Modern identification

Black-faced Cuckooshrike

Coracina novaehollandiae

  • Certain
  • Shown as a subspecies
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Cuckooshrikes · Campephagidae

Why

Graucalus melanops (Latham), Gould's NSW bird = the mainland race melanops of Black-faced Cuckooshrike.

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.

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