Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume VII, plate 84

Little Penguin

Volume VII, plate 84 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor)
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Printed on the plate

“Little Penguin”

Spheniscus minor

Engraved caption: Spheniscus minor

Modern identification

Little Penguin

Eudyptula minor

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Penguins · Spheniscidae

Why

Spheniscus minor = Little Penguin

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.C. Hullmandel Imp.

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

The same bird on other plates