Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume IV, plate 36

White-eared Honeyeater

Volume IV, plate 36 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: White-eared Honeyeater (Nesoptilotis leucotis)
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Printed on the plate

“White-eared Honey-eater”

Ptilotis leucotis

Engraved caption: Ptilotis leucotis

Modern identification

White-eared Honeyeater

Nesoptilotis leucotis

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

Why

White-eared 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.

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