Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume V, plate 35

Mulga Parrot

Printed “Many-coloured Parrakeet”

Volume V, plate 35 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Mulga Parrot (Psephotellus varius)
Full resolutionSmithsonian Libraries and Archives, via the Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Printed on the plate

“Many-coloured Parrakeet”

Psephotus multicolor

Engraved caption: Psephotus multicolor

Modern identification

Mulga Parrot

Psephotellus varius

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

Why

multicolor = Mulga Parrot; BirdNET files it as Psephotus varius

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.