Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume VII, plate 52

Blue Petrel

Volume VII, plate 52 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Blue Petrel (Halobaena caerulea)
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Printed on the plate

“Blue Petrel”

Procellaria coerulea

Engraved caption: Procellaria coerulea

Modern identification

Blue Petrel

Halobaena caerulea

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

Why

Blue Petrel; not 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.

As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.