Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Supplement, plate 67

Wompoo Fruit-Dove

Printed “Allied Fruit-Pigeon”

Supplement, plate 67 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Wompoo Fruit-Dove (Megaloprepia magnifica)
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Printed on the plate

“Allied Fruit-Pigeon”

Carpophaga assimilis

Engraved caption: Carpophaga assimilis

Modern identification

Wompoo Fruit-Dove

Megaloprepia magnifica

  • Certain
  • Shown as a subspecies
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Pigeons and Doves · Columbidae

Why

Gould's Carpophaga assimilis is the north Queensland race of Wompoo Fruit-Dove, M. m. assimilis.

Sources

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

Who made the plate

J. Gould and H. C. Richter, del. et lith.Hullmandel & Walton, Imp.

As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.

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