Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume V, plate 24

Green Rosella

Printed “Yellow-bellied Parrakeet”

Volume V, plate 24 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Green Rosella (Platycercus caledonicus)
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Printed on the plate

“Yellow-bellied Parrakeet”

Platycercus flaviventris

Engraved caption: Platycercus flaviventris

Modern identification

Green Rosella

Platycercus caledonicus

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

Why

flaviventris = Green Rosella

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 lithHullmandel & Walton Imp

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