Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume VI, plate 6

Beach Thick-knee

Printed “Large-billed Plover”

Volume VI, plate 6 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Beach Thick-knee (Esacus magnirostris)
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Printed on the plate

“Large-billed Plover”

Esacus magnirostris

Engraved caption: Esacus magnirostris

Modern identification

Beach Thick-knee

Esacus magnirostris

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Thick-knees · Burhinidae

Why

Beach Thick-knee

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.Hullmandel & Walton Imp.

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