Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume II, plate 65

Golden Whistler

Printed “Grey-tailed Pachycephala”

Volume II, plate 65 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis)
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Printed on the plate

“Grey-tailed Pachycephala”

Pachycephala glaucura

Engraved caption: Pachycephala glaucura

Modern identification

Golden Whistler

Pachycephala pectoralis

  • Certain
  • Shown as a subspecies
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Whistlers and Allies · Pachycephalidae

Why

Gould's Pachycephala glaucura = the Tasmanian race glaucura of Golden Whistler.

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