Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Supplement, plate 27

Pilotbird

Printed “Downy Pycnoptilus”

Supplement, plate 27 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Pilotbird (Pycnoptilus floccosus)
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Printed on the plate

“Downy Pycnoptilus”

Pycnoptilus floccosus

Engraved caption: Pycnoptilus floccosus

Modern identification

Pilotbird

Pycnoptilus floccosus

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Thornbills and Allies · Acanthizidae

Why

Pilotbird

Sources

List of Plates (vol. Supp); 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.