Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume IV, plate 43

White-plumed Honeyeater

Volume IV, plate 43 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: White-plumed Honeyeater (Ptilotula penicillata)
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Printed on the plate

“White-plumed Honey-eater”

Ptilotis penicillatus

Engraved caption: Ptilotis penicillatus

Modern identification

White-plumed Honeyeater

Ptilotula penicillata

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

Why

White-plumed 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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