Printed on the plate
“Grey-headed Blackbird”
Merula poliocephala
Engraved caption: Merula poliocephala
Modern identification
Turdus poliocephalus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Thrushes and Allies · Turdidae
- Extinct
Why
Gould's Merula poliocephala is the extinct Norfolk Island bird, the nominate of eBird 2025's Tasman Sea Island-Thrush.
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.
- 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.
