Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume II, plate 80

Western Shrike-tit

Printed “White-bellied Shrike-Tit”

Volume II, plate 80 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Western Shrike-tit (Falcunculus leucogaster)
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Printed on the plate

“White-bellied Shrike-Tit”

Falcunculus leucogaster

Engraved caption: Falcunculus leucogaster

Modern identification

Western Shrike-tit

Falcunculus leucogaster

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

Why

leucogaster Gould (Swan River, white abdomen) = Western 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

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.