“Australian Sun-bird” (Sahul Sunbird) · Gould, The Birds of Australia, supplement, plate 45

Supplement, plate 45 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Sahul Sunbird (Cinnyris frenatus) — Full resolutionSmithsonian Libraries and Archives, via the Biodiversity Heritage Library.

The whole sheet of supplement, plate 45, with its engraved caption — Full resolutionSmithsonian Libraries and Archives, via the Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Printed on the plate

“Australian Sun-bird”

Nectarinia australis

Engraved caption: Nectarinia australis

Modern identification

Sahul Sunbird

Cinnyris frenatus

Certain
Checked against the engraved caption
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters · Nectariniidae

Why

Nectarinia australis = Sahul Sunbird: eBird 2025 splits Olive-backed Sunbird and keeps Cinnyris jugularis for the Garden Sunbird of the Philippines and Sundas; BirdNET lumps; Wikidata has the Sahul Sunbird only as a subspecies

Sources

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

eBird

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.

The scan at the Biodiversity Heritage Library