Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume IV, plate 32

Lewin's Honeyeater

Printed “Yellow-eared Honey-eater”

Volume IV, plate 32 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Lewin's Honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii)
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Printed on the plate

“Yellow-eared Honey-eater”

Ptilotis chrysotis

Engraved caption: Ptilotis chrysotis

The printed name is now eBird's name for another bird: Yellow-eared Honeyeater.

Modern identification

Lewin's Honeyeater

Meliphaga lewinii

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Honeyeaters · Meliphagidae

Why

Ptilotis chrysotis = Lewin's Honeyeater

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.Hullmandel & Walton Imp.

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