Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume III, plate 78

Beautiful Firetail

Printed “Fire-tailed Finch”

Volume III, plate 78 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Beautiful Firetail (Stagonopleura bella)
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Printed on the plate

“Fire-tailed Finch”

Estrelda bella

Engraved caption: Estrelda bella

Modern identification

Beautiful Firetail

Stagonopleura bella

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Waxbills and Allies · Estrildidae

Why

Beautiful Firetail

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. Gould and H. C. Richter del et lith.Hullmandel & Walton Imp.

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