Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume V, plate 9

Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo

Printed “Western Black Cockatoo”

Volume V, plate 9 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii)
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Printed on the plate

“Western Black Cockatoo”

Calyptorhynchus naso

Engraved caption: Calyptorhynchus naso

Modern identification

Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo

Calyptorhynchus banksii

  • Certain
  • Shown as a subspecies
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Cockatoos · Cacatuidae

Why

Gould's Calyptorhynchus naso, of Western Australia, = the SW forest race naso of Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo.

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.

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

The same bird on other plates