Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume VII, plate 47

Gray Petrel

Printed “Great Grey Petrel”

Volume VII, plate 47 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Gray Petrel (Procellaria cinerea)
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Printed on the plate

“Great Grey Petrel”

Procellaria hasitata

Engraved caption: Procellaria hasitata

Modern identification

Gray Petrel

Procellaria cinerea

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Shearwaters and Petrels · Procellariidae

Why

TRAP: Gould's 'Procellaria hasitata, Great Grey Petrel' = Grey Petrel; hasitata now names the Black-capped Petrel (Pterodroma hasitata); none in BirdNET

Sources

List of Plates (vol. VII); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text and synonymy; crosswalk

Who made the plate

J. Gould and H. C. Richter del et lith.Hullmandel & Walton Imp.

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