Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume V, plate 3

Little Corella

Printed “Blood-stained Cockatoo”

Volume V, plate 3 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Little Corella (Cacatua sanguinea)
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Printed on the plate

“Blood-stained Cockatoo”

Cacatua sanguinea

Engraved caption: Cacatua sanguinea

Modern identification

Little Corella

Cacatua sanguinea

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Cockatoos · Cacatuidae

Why

Little Corella

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.

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