Historical bird plates

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

Double-barred Finch

Printed “Bicheno’s Finch”

Volume III, plate 80 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Double-barred Finch (Stizoptera bichenovii)
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Printed on the plate

“Bicheno’s Finch”

Estrelda Bichenovii

Engraved caption: Estrelda Bichenovii

Modern identification

Double-barred Finch

Stizoptera bichenovii

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

Why

Double-barred Finch

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 del et lith.C. Hullmandel Imp.

As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.

The same bird on other plates