Birds of Australia: Elizabeth Gould’s stunning illustrations – in pictures

The Australian Museum’s new multimedia exhibition, The Birds of Australia, traces the journey of the 19th-century naturalist and ornithologist John Gould and his wife, illustrator Elizabeth Gould, as they travelled through New South Wales and recorded the unique birdlife, identifying hundreds of species new to western science

• The Guardian and Birdlife Australia’s bird of the year returns later in 2023
• The common and scientific names in brackets reflect the current taxonomy