Printed on the plate
“White Ibis”
Threskiornis strictipennis
Engraved caption: Threskiornis strictipennis
The printed name is now eBird's name for another bird: White Ibis.
Modern identification
Threskiornis molucca
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Ibises and Spoonbills · Threskiornithidae
Why
strictipennis = Australian Ibis
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
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.