Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume II, plate 68

Rufous Whistler

Printed “Lunated Pachycephala”

Volume II, plate 68 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris)
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Printed on the plate

“Lunated Pachycephala”

Pachycephala falcata

Engraved caption: Pachycephala falcata

Modern identification

Rufous Whistler

Pachycephala rufiventris

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

Why

Gould's Pachycephala falcata = the north-western race falcata of Rufous Whistler.

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.

The same bird on other plates