Printed on the plate
“Australian Rhynchaea”
Rhynchaea australis
Engraved caption: Rhynchaea australis
Modern identification
Rostratula australis
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Painted-Snipes · Rostratulidae
Why
Australian Painted-snipe; BirdNET has only Greater Painted-snipe (R. benghalensis), a split sister
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 deltC. Hullmandel Imp.
- John Gould drew
- Henry Constantine Richter drew
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
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