Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Supplement, plate 79

Pale-vented Bush-hen

Printed “Rufous-vented Gallinule”

Supplement, plate 79 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Pale-vented Bush-hen (Amaurornis moluccana)
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Printed on the plate

“Rufous-vented Gallinule”

Gallinula ruficrissa

Engraved caption: Gallinula ruficrissa

Modern identification

Pale-vented Bush-hen

Amaurornis moluccana

  • Certain
  • Shown as a subspecies
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Rails, Gallinules, and Coots · Rallidae

Why

Gould's Gallinula ruficrissa (Cape River, Queensland) is the Australian race of Pale-vented Bush-hen, A. m. ruficrissa.

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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