Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume IV, plate 7

Bassian Thrush

Printed “Mountain Thrush”

Volume IV, plate 7 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Bassian Thrush (Zoothera lunulata)
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Printed on the plate

“Mountain Thrush”

Oreocincla lunulata

Engraved caption: Oreocincla lunulata

The printed name is now eBird's name for another bird: Mountain Thrush.

Modern identification

Bassian Thrush

Zoothera lunulata

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Thrushes and Allies · Turdidae

Why

TRAP: Oreocincla lunulata 'Mountain Thrush' = Bassian Thrush; draft's Turdus plebejus is the Central American Mountain Thrush

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.