Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Supplement, plate 18

Mangrove Robin

Printed “White-tailed Robin”

Supplement, plate 18 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Mangrove Robin (Melanodryas pulverulenta)
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Printed on the plate

“White-tailed Robin”

Eopsaltria leucura

Engraved caption: Eopsaltria leucura

The printed name is now eBird's name for another bird: White-tailed Robin.

Modern identification

Mangrove Robin

Melanodryas pulverulenta

  • Certain
  • Shown as a subspecies
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Australasian Robins · Petroicidae

Why

Gould's Eopsaltria leucura (northern mangroves, white tail bases) is the northern race of Mangrove Robin, M. p. leucura.

Sources

List of Plates (vol. Supp); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text and synonymy; crosswalk

Who made the plate

J. Gould & H. C. Richter, del et lith.Walter, Imp.

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