Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume V, plate 76

Tooth-billed Pigeon

Printed “Gnathodon”

Volume V, plate 76 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Tooth-billed Pigeon (Didunculus strigirostris)
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Printed on the plate

“Gnathodon”

Gnathodon strigirostris

Engraved caption: Gnathodon strigirostris

Modern identification

Tooth-billed Pigeon

Didunculus strigirostris

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

Why

Tooth-billed Pigeon (Samoa); 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 del et lith.Hullmandel & Walton Imp.

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