Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume V, plate 29

Western Rosella

Printed “The Earl of Derby’s Parrakeet”

Volume V, plate 29 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Western Rosella (Platycercus icterotis)
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Printed on the plate

“The Earl of Derby’s Parrakeet”

Platycercus icterotis

Engraved caption: Platycercus icterotis

Modern identification

Western Rosella

Platycercus icterotis

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

Why

Western Rosella; not in BirdNET

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.