Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume III, plate 95

Pictorella Munia

Printed “White-breasted Finch”

Volume III, plate 95 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Pictorella Munia (Heteromunia pectoralis)
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Printed on the plate

“White-breasted Finch”

Donacola pectoralis

Engraved caption: Donacola pectoralis

Modern identification

Pictorella Munia

Heteromunia pectoralis

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

Why

Pictorella Munia; not in BirdNET

Sources

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

Who made the plate

J. Gould and H. C. Richter delt.C. Hullmandel Imp

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