Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume V, plate 5

Long-billed Corella

Printed “Long-billed Cockatoo”

Volume V, plate 5 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Long-billed Corella (Cacatua tenuirostris)
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Printed on the plate

“Long-billed Cockatoo”

Licmetis nasicus

Engraved caption: Licmetis nasicus

Modern identification

Long-billed Corella

Cacatua tenuirostris

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

Why

Licmetis nasicus = Long-billed 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.Hullmandel & Walton Imp.

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