Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume VII, plate 35

Lesser Noddy

Volume VII, plate 35 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Lesser Noddy (Anous tenuirostris)
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Printed on the plate

“Lesser Noddy”

Anous melanops

Engraved caption: Anous melanops

Modern identification

Lesser Noddy

Anous tenuirostris

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

Why

Gould's Anous melanops (Houtman's Abrolhos) is the western race of Lesser Noddy, A. t. melanops.

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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