Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume IV, plate 40

Gray-fronted Honeyeater

Printed “Plumed Honey-eater”

Volume IV, plate 40 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Gray-fronted Honeyeater (Ptilotula plumula)
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Printed on the plate

“Plumed Honey-eater”

Ptilotis plumulus

Engraved caption: Ptilotis plumulus

Modern identification

Gray-fronted Honeyeater

Ptilotula plumula

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

Why

Grey-fronted Honeyeater; not in BirdNET

Sources

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

Who made the plate

J. & E. Gould del.C. Hullmandel Imp.

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