Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume V, plate 57

Superb Fruit-Dove

Printed “Superb Fruit Pigeon”

Volume V, plate 57 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Superb Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus superbus)
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Printed on the plate

“Superb Fruit Pigeon”

Ptilinopus superbus

Engraved caption: Ptilinopus superbus

Modern identification

Superb Fruit-Dove

Ptilinopus superbus

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Pigeons and Doves · Columbidae

Why

Superb Fruit-Dove

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.C. Hullmandel Imp.

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