Printed on the plate
“White-headed Stilt”
Himantopus leucocephalus
Engraved caption: Himantopus leucocephalus
Modern identification
Himantopus leucocephalus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Stilts and Avocets · Recurvirostridae
Why
Pied Stilt
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
No credit line could be read. Credit lines cut off: the sheet ends in the caption.