Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume V, plate 67

Squatter Pigeon

Printed “Partridge Bronze-wing”

Volume V, plate 67 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Squatter Pigeon (Geophaps scripta)
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Printed on the plate

“Partridge Bronze-wing”

Geophaps scripta

Engraved caption: Geophaps scripta

Modern identification

Squatter Pigeon

Geophaps scripta

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

Why

Squatter Pigeon; 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 lithC. Hullmandel Imp.

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