Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume V, plate 45

Cockatiel

Printed “Cockatoo Parrakeet”

Volume V, plate 45 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus)
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Printed on the plate

“Cockatoo Parrakeet”

Nymphicus Novae-Hollandiae

Engraved caption: Nymphicus Novae-Hollandiae

Modern identification

Cockatiel

Nymphicus hollandicus

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

Why

Cockatiel

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

Drawn on Stone by I. & E. Gould from a Drawing by Edwd. Lear.Printed by C. Hullmandel.

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