Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume IV, plate 33

Singing Honeyeater

Volume IV, plate 33 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Singing Honeyeater (Gavicalis virescens)
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Printed on the plate

“Singing Honey-eater”

Ptilotis sonorus

Engraved caption: Ptilotis sonorus

Modern identification

Singing Honeyeater

Gavicalis virescens

  • Certain
  • Shown as a subspecies
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Honeyeaters · Meliphagidae

Why

Gould's Ptilotis sonorus = Singing Honeyeater; his name is now its SE Australian race sonorus.

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.