Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume III, plate 17

Chirruping Wedgebill

Printed “Crested Wedge-bill”

Volume III, plate 17 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Chirruping Wedgebill (Psophodes cristatus)
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Printed on the plate

“Crested Wedge-bill”

Sphenostoma cristata

Engraved caption: Sphenostoma cristata

Modern identification

Chirruping Wedgebill

Psophodes cristatus

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Whipbirds and Wedgebills · Psophodidae

Why

Sphenostoma cristatum Gould = Chirruping Wedgebill

Sources

List of Plates (vol. III); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text and synonymy; crosswalk; pinned in Featherframe (gould_australia.yaml)

Who made the plate

J. & E. Gould delt.C. Hullmandel Imp.

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