Printed on the plate
“Spotless Egret”
Herodias immaculata
Engraved caption: Herodias immaculata
Modern identification
Egretta garzetta
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns · Ardeidae
Why
Gould's Herodias immaculata is the Australasian Little Egret, E. garzetta immaculata, the name eBird 2025 uses for that group.
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
Hullmandel & Walton Imp
- Hullmandel & Walton printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
