Printed on the plate
“Australian Whimbrel”
Numenius uropygialis
Engraved caption: Numenius uropygialis
Modern identification
Numenius phaeopus
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Sandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae
Why
Gould's Numenius uropygialis is the East Asian Whimbrel, N. phaeopus variegatus, which eBird 2025 keeps in Eurasian Whimbrel after splitting off the Hudsonian.
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 lithHullmandel & Walton Imp
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Hullmandel & Walton printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
