Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume VII, plate 31

Whiskered Tern

Printed “Marsh Tern”

Volume VII, plate 31 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida)
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Printed on the plate

“Marsh Tern”

Hydrochelidon fluviatilis

Engraved caption: Hydrochelidon fluviatilis

Modern identification

Whiskered Tern

Chlidonias hybrida

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

Why

Gould's Hydrochelidon fluviatilis is the Australasian Whiskered Tern, C. h. javanicus, of which fluviatilis is a synonym.

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.

The same bird on other plates