Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume VII, plate 73

Red-tailed Tropicbird

Volume VII, plate 73 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda)
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Printed on the plate

“Red-tailed Tropic Bird”

Phaeton phoenicurus

Engraved caption: Phaeton phoenicurus

Modern identification

Red-tailed Tropicbird

Phaethon rubricauda

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Tropicbirds · Phaethontidae

Why

phoenicurus = Red-tailed Tropicbird

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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