Printed on the plate
“Royal Spoonbill”
Platalea regia
Engraved caption: Platalea regia
Modern identification
Platalea regia
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Ibises and Spoonbills · Threskiornithidae
Why
Royal Spoonbill; not in BirdNET
Sources
List of Plates (vol. VI); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text and synonymy; crosswalk
Who made the plate
C. Hullmandel Imp.
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.