Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume V, plate 23

Crimson Rosella

Printed “Pennant’s Parrakeet”

Volume V, plate 23 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)
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Printed on the plate

“Pennant’s Parrakeet”

Platycercus Pennantii

Engraved caption: Platycercus Pennantii

Modern identification

Crimson Rosella

Platycercus elegans

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

Why

pennantii = Crimson Rosella

Sources

List of Plates (vol. V); 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.

The same bird on other plates