Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume IV, plate 101

Varied Sittella

Printed “Orange-winged Sittella”

Volume IV, plate 101 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Varied Sittella (Daphoenositta chrysoptera)
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Printed on the plate

“Orange-winged Sittella”

Sittella chrysoptera

Engraved caption: Sittella chrysoptera

Modern identification

Varied Sittella

Daphoenositta chrysoptera

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Sittellas · Neosittidae

Why

Varied Sittella (orange-winged form)

Sources

List of Plates (vol. IV); 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.C. Hullmandel Imp.

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

The same bird on other plates