Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume IV, plate 75

Black-headed Honeyeater

Volume IV, plate 75 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Black-headed Honeyeater (Melithreptus affinis)
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Printed on the plate

“Black-headed Honey-eater”

Melithreptus melanocephalus

Engraved caption: Melithreptus melanocephalus

Modern identification

Black-headed Honeyeater

Melithreptus affinis

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

Why

Gould's melanocephalus = Black-headed Honeyeater (Tasmania)

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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