Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume VII, plate 36

Black Noddy

Printed “White-capped Tern”

Volume VII, plate 36 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Black Noddy (Anous minutus)
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Printed on the plate

“White-capped Tern”

Anous leucocapillus

Engraved caption: Anous leucocapillus

Modern identification

Black Noddy

Anous minutus

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

Why

leucocapillus = Black Noddy

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.