Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume V, plate 19

Australian Ringneck

Printed “Yellow-collared Parrakeet”

Volume V, plate 19 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Australian Ringneck (Barnardius zonarius)
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Printed on the plate

“Yellow-collared Parrakeet”

Platycercus semitorquatus

Engraved caption: Platycercus semitorquatus

Modern identification

Australian Ringneck

Barnardius zonarius

  • Certain
  • Shown as a subspecies
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Old World Parrots · Psittaculidae

Why

Gould's Platycercus semitorquatus, the Swan River 'Twenty-eight', = the race semitorquatus of Australian Ringneck.

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.C. Hullmandel Imp.

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

The same bird on other plates