Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume VII, plate 23

Great Crested Tern

Printed “Torres' Straits Tern”

Volume VII, plate 23 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Great Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii)
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Printed on the plate

“Torres' Straits Tern”

Thalasseus pelecanoides

Engraved caption: Thalasseus pelecanoides

Modern identification

Great Crested Tern

Thalasseus bergii

  • Certain
  • Shown as a subspecies
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers · Laridae

Why

Thalasseus pelecanoides King, Gould's Torres' Straits Tern, is an Australian Great Crested Tern, now in the race T. b. cristatus.

Sources

List of Plates (vol. VII); 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.

As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.

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