Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Supplement, plate 52

Standardwing Bird-of-Paradise

Printed “Standard-Wing”

Supplement, plate 52 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Standardwing Bird-of-Paradise (Semioptera wallacii)
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Printed on the plate

“Standard-Wing”

Semioptera Wallacei

Engraved caption: Semioptera Wallacei

Modern identification

Standardwing Bird-of-Paradise

Semioptera wallacii

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Birds-of-Paradise · Paradisaeidae

Why

Standardwing

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.

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