Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume VII, plate 33

Bridled Tern

Printed “Panayan Tern”

Volume VII, plate 33 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Bridled Tern (Onychoprion anaethetus)
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Printed on the plate

“Panayan Tern”

Onychoprion panaya

Engraved caption: Onychoprion panaya

Modern identification

Bridled Tern

Onychoprion anaethetus

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers · Laridae

Why

panaya = Bridled Tern

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.

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