Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume III, plate 81

Double-barred Finch

Printed “Black-rumped Finch”

Volume III, plate 81 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Double-barred Finch (Stizoptera bichenovii)
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Printed on the plate

“Black-rumped Finch”

Estrelda annulosa

Engraved caption: Estrelda annulosa

Modern identification

Double-barred Finch

Stizoptera bichenovii

  • Certain
  • Shown as a subspecies
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Waxbills and Allies · Estrildidae

Why

Gould's Estrelda annulosa = the black-rumped northern race annulosa of Double-barred Finch.

Sources

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

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