Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume IV, plate 104

Varied Sittella

Printed “Black-capped Sittella”

Volume IV, plate 104 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Varied Sittella (Daphoenositta chrysoptera)
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Printed on the plate

“Black-capped Sittella”

Sittella pileata

Engraved caption: Sittella pileata

Modern identification

Varied Sittella

Daphoenositta chrysoptera

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

Why

Gould's Sittella pileata, of SW Australia, = the black-capped race pileata 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.C. Hullmandel Imp.

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

The same bird on other plates