Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume V, plate 16

Regent Parrot

Printed “Black-tailed Parrakeet”

Volume V, plate 16 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Regent Parrot (Polytelis anthopeplus)
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Printed on the plate

“Black-tailed Parrakeet”

Polytelis melanura

Engraved caption: Polytelis melanura

Modern identification

Regent Parrot

Polytelis anthopeplus

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Old World Parrots · Psittaculidae

Why

melanura = Regent Parrot

Sources

List of Plates (vol. V); 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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