Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume VII, plate 63

White-bellied Storm-Petrel

Volume VII, plate 63 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: White-bellied Storm-Petrel (Fregetta grallaria)
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Printed on the plate

“White-bellied Storm Petrel”

Thalassidroma leucogaster

Engraved caption: Thalassidroma leucogaster

Modern identification

White-bellied Storm-Petrel

Fregetta grallaria

  • Certain
  • Shown as a subspecies
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Southern Storm-Petrels · Oceanitidae

Why

Gould's Thalassidroma leucogaster is the White-bellied Storm-Petrel race F. g. leucogaster.

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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