Broinowski · 1890-1891
Eastern Rosella
Plate XXIX, Platycer: Plate XXIX, Platycer
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01Eastern Rosella
Historical colour form
The source treated a colour form as taxonomically meaningful. Current classification places that form within a more broadly defined accepted taxon.
Name recorded with the platePlatycercus ignitus
Name used todayPlatycercus eximiusEastern Rosella
What connects the names
The source treated this colour form as taxonomically distinct; current classification includes it within a broader accepted taxon.
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 3
- Plate
- 29
- 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.