Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume VI, plate 29

Bar-tailed Godwit

Printed “Barred-rumped Godwit”

Volume VI, plate 29 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
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Printed on the plate

“Barred-rumped Godwit”

Limosa uropygialis

Engraved caption: Limosa uropygialis

Modern identification

Bar-tailed Godwit

Limosa lapponica

  • Certain
  • Shown as a subspecies
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Sandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae

Why

Gould's Limosa uropygialis is the eastern Bar-tailed Godwit, now in L. lapponica baueri (eBird's Siberian group).

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.

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

The same bird on other plates