Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume II, plate 79

Eastern Shrike-tit

Printed “Frontal Shrike-Tit”

Volume II, plate 79 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Eastern Shrike-tit (Falcunculus frontatus)
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Printed on the plate

“Frontal Shrike-Tit”

Falcunculus frontatus

Engraved caption: Falcunculus frontatus

Modern identification

Eastern Shrike-tit

Falcunculus frontatus

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Shrike-tits · Falcunculidae

Why

frontatus = Eastern Shrike-tit; Clements splits Crested Shrike-tit; BirdNET lumps

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. & E. Gould del et lith.C. Hullmandel Imp.

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