Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume VI, plate 16

Double-banded Plover

Printed “Double-banded Dottrel”

Volume VI, plate 16 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Double-banded Plover (Anarhynchus bicinctus)
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Printed on the plate

“Double-banded Dottrel”

Hiaticula bicincta

Engraved caption: Hiaticula bicincta

Modern identification

Double-banded Plover

Anarhynchus bicinctus

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

Why

Double-banded Plover

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 del et lith.Hullmandel & Walton Imp.

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