Broinowski · 1890-1891
Brown Booby
Plate VI, Sula fiber: Plate VI, Sula fiber
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01Brown Booby
Now treated at subspecies rank
The historical name connects to a presently accepted subspecies within a broader species account. Current services may therefore catalogue it at either rank.
Name recorded with the plateSula fiberBrown Gannet
Name used todaySula leucogaster plotusBrown Booby
What connects the names
The historical identification is now placed at subspecies rank within a broader accepted species.
Medium confidence: The identification is supported, but part of the connection depends on interpretation of a broader historical concept, locality or other contextual evidence.
The bird today
Follow the accepted taxon into present-day biodiversity records, observations and sound identification.
- Publication
- The Birds of Australia, Volume 1
- Plate
- 6
- Creator
- Gracius J. Broinowski
- Holding institution
- Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library
- Taxonomic authority
- AviList 2025
- Rights
- Public domain. The BHL considers that this work is no longer under copyright protection.