Printed on the plate
“Pheasant Cuckoo”
Centropus Phasianus
Engraved caption: Centropus Phasianus
The printed name is now eBird's name for another bird: Pheasant Cuckoo.
Modern identification
Centropus phasianinus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Cuckoos · Cuculidae
Why
Pheasant Coucal
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.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Hullmandel & Walton printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.