Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume V, plate 53

Purple-crowned Lorikeet

Printed “Porphyry-crowned Lorikeet”

Volume V, plate 53 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Purple-crowned Lorikeet (Psitteuteles porphyrocephalus)
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Printed on the plate

“Porphyry-crowned Lorikeet”

Trichoglossus porphyrocephalus

Engraved caption: Trichoglossus porphyrocephalus

Modern identification

Purple-crowned Lorikeet

Psitteuteles porphyrocephalus

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

Why

Purple-crowned Lorikeet

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. & E. Gould del.C. Hullmandel Imp.

As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.