Multi-species plate · Broinowski · 1890-1891

Four birds identified on this plate

Australian Crake · Baillon's Crake · Spotless Crake · White-browed Crake

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01Australian Crake

Porzana flumineaPorzana flumineaShow this identification

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Name recorded with the platePorzana flumineaSpotted Water Crake

Name used todayPorzana flumineaAustralian Crake

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02Baillon's Crake

Porzana palustrisZapornia pusilla palustrisShow this identification

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Name recorded with the platePorzana palustrisLittle Water Crake

Name used todayZapornia pusilla palustrisBaillon's Crake

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03Spotless Crake

Porzana tabuensisZapornia tabuensisShow this identification

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Name recorded with the platePorzana tabuensisTabuan Water Crake

Name used todayZapornia tabuensisSpotless Crake

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04White-browed Crake

Erythra quadristrigataPoliolimnas cinereusShow this identification

Several species on one plate

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Name recorded with the plateErythra quadristrigataWhite-eyebrowed Water Crake

Name used todayPoliolimnas cinereusWhite-browed Crake

What connects the names

The plate depicts several named birds. This identification is traced separately from the other birds in the artwork.

High confidence: The source identification and present taxonomy connect directly through the cited evidence.

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Publication: The Birds of Australia, Volume 2
Plate: 7
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.

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