Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume II, plate 92

Broad-billed Flycatcher

Volume II, plate 92 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Broad-billed Flycatcher (Myiagra ruficollis)
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Printed on the plate

“Broad-billed Flycatcher”

Myiagra latirostris

Engraved caption: Myiagra latirostris

Modern identification

Broad-billed Flycatcher

Myiagra ruficollis

  • Certain
  • Shown as a subspecies
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Monarch Flycatchers · Monarchidae

Why

Gould's Myiagra latirostris (north coast, Port Essington) = the Australian and New Guinea race mimikae of Broad-billed Flycatcher; the nominate ruficollis is Lesser Sundan.

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.

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