Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume VI, plate 17

Red-capped Plover

Printed “Red-capped Dottrel”

Volume VI, plate 17 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Red-capped Plover (Anarhynchus ruficapillus)
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Printed on the plate

“Red-capped Dottrel”

Hiaticula ruficapilla

Engraved caption: Hiaticula ruficapilla

Modern identification

Red-capped Plover

Anarhynchus ruficapillus

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

Why

Red-capped Plover; not in BirdNET

Sources

List of Plates (vol. VI); 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.