Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume VI, plate 65

Black Bittern

Printed “Yellow-necked Bittern”

Volume VI, plate 65 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Black Bittern (Botaurus flavicollis)
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Printed on the plate

“Yellow-necked Bittern”

Ardetta flavicollis

Engraved caption: Ardetta flavicollis

Modern identification

Black Bittern

Botaurus flavicollis

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns · Ardeidae

Why

Black Bittern

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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