Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume IV, plate 51

Rufous-banded Honeyeater

Printed “White-throated Honey-eater”

Volume IV, plate 51 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Rufous-banded Honeyeater (Conopophila albogularis)
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Printed on the plate

“White-throated Honey-eater”

Entomophila albogularis

Engraved caption: Entomophila albogularis

The printed name is now eBird's name for another bird: White-throated Honeyeater.

Modern identification

Rufous-banded Honeyeater

Conopophila albogularis

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

Why

TRAP: Entomophila albogularis Gould 'White-throated Honey-eater' = Rufous-banded Honeyeater, not Melithreptus albogularis (plate IV.74)

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.C. Hullmandel Imp.

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