Printed on the plate
“Yellow-billed Kingfisher”
Halcyon flavirostris
Engraved caption: Halcyon flavirostris
Modern identification
Syma torotoro
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Kingfishers · Alcedinidae
Why
Gould's Halcyon flavirostris is the Cape York race of Yellow-billed Kingfisher, S. t. flavirostris.
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.