Printed on the plate
“Shining Flycatcher”
Myiagra nitida
Engraved caption: Myiagra nitida
The printed name is now eBird's name for another bird: Shining Flycatcher.
Modern identification
Myiagra cyanoleuca
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Monarch Flycatchers · Monarchidae
Why
TRAP: Myiagra nitida Gould ('Satin Sparrow' of Tasmania) = Satin Flycatcher, not the Shining Flycatcher of today
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
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Hullmandel & Walton printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.