Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume V, plate 42

Scarlet-chested Parrot

Printed “Splendid Grass-Parrakeet”

Volume V, plate 42 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Scarlet-chested Parrot (Neophema splendida)
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Printed on the plate

“Splendid Grass-Parrakeet”

Euphema splendida

Engraved caption: Euphema splendida

Modern identification

Scarlet-chested Parrot

Neophema splendida

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

Why

Scarlet-chested Parrot; 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.