Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume V, plate 27

Eastern Rosella

Printed “Rose-hill Parrakeet”

Volume V, plate 27 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Eastern Rosella (Platycercus eximius)
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Printed on the plate

“Rose-hill Parrakeet”

Platycercus eximius

Engraved caption: Platycercus eximius

Modern identification

Eastern Rosella

Platycercus eximius

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

Why

Eastern 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 lith.Hullmandel & Walton Imp.

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

The same bird on other plates