Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume VI, plate 7

Pied Oystercatcher

Printed “White-breasted Oyster-catcher”

Volume VI, plate 7 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris)
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Printed on the plate

“White-breasted Oyster-catcher”

Haematopus longirostris

Engraved caption: Haematopus longirostris

Modern identification

Pied Oystercatcher

Haematopus longirostris

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Oystercatchers · Haematopodidae

Why

Pied Oystercatcher

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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