Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume VI, plate 11

Banded Lapwing

Printed “Black-breasted Pewit”

Volume VI, plate 11 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Banded Lapwing (Vanellus tricolor)
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Printed on the plate

“Black-breasted Pewit”

Sarciophorus pectoralis

Engraved caption: Sarciophorus pectoralis

Modern identification

Banded Lapwing

Vanellus tricolor

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Plovers and Lapwings · Charadriidae

Why

Sarciophorus pectoralis = Banded Lapwing

Sources

List of Plates (vol. VI); 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 deltC. Hullmandel Imp

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