Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Supplement, plate 55

Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo

Supplement, plate 55 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo (Cacomantis castaneiventris)
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Printed on the plate

“Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo”

Cacomantis castaneiventris

Engraved caption: Cacomantis castaneiventris

Modern identification

Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo

Cacomantis castaneiventris

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Cuckoos · Cuculidae

Why

Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo

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 & H. C. Richter, del et lith.Walter, Imp.

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