Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume II, plate 57

White-bellied Cuckooshrike

Printed “White-bellied Graucalus”

Volume II, plate 57 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: White-bellied Cuckooshrike (Coracina papuensis)
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Printed on the plate

“White-bellied Graucalus”

Graucalus hypoleucus

Engraved caption: Graucalus hypoleucus

Modern identification

White-bellied Cuckooshrike

Coracina papuensis

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

Why

Gould's Graucalus hypoleucus = the northern race hypoleuca of White-bellied 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.

As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.

The same bird on other plates