Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume V, plate 33

Greater Bluebonnet

Printed “Crimson-bellied Parrakeet”

Volume V, plate 33 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Greater Bluebonnet (Northiella haematogaster)
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Printed on the plate

“Crimson-bellied Parrakeet”

Psephotus haematogaster

Engraved caption: Psephotus haematogaster

The printed name is now eBird's name for another bird: Crimson-bellied Parakeet.

Modern identification

Greater Bluebonnet

Northiella haematogaster

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

Why

Bluebonnet

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.