Printed on the plate
“Great-billed Heron”
Ardea rectirostris
Engraved caption: Ardea rectirostris
Modern identification
Ardea sumatrana
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns · Ardeidae
Why
rectirostris = Great-billed Heron
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
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