Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume IV, plate 102

Varied Sittella

Printed “White-headed Sittella”

Volume IV, plate 102 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Varied Sittella (Daphoenositta chrysoptera)
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Printed on the plate

“White-headed Sittella”

Sittella leucocephala

Engraved caption: Sittella leucocephala

Modern identification

Varied Sittella

Daphoenositta chrysoptera

  • Certain
  • Shown as a subspecies
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Sittellas · Neosittidae

Why

Gould's Sittella leucocephala, from Moreton Bay and Peak Range, = the white-headed race leucocephala of Varied Sittella.

Sources

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

Who made the plate

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

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

The same bird on other plates