Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume II, plate 78

Little Shrikethrush

Printed “Little Colluricincla”

Volume II, plate 78 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Little Shrikethrush (Colluricincla megarhyncha)
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Printed on the plate

“Little Colluricincla”

Colluricincla parvula

Engraved caption: Colluricincla parvula

Modern identification

Little Shrikethrush

Colluricincla megarhyncha

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

Why

Gould's Colluricincla parvula = the north-western race parvula of Little Shrikethrush.

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 lithHullmandel & Walton Imp.

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