BThe Birds They Saw
Back to the collectionThe Birds of Australia · Plate 26
Historical bird plate: Crescent Honeyeater

Multi-species plate · Broinowski · 1890-1891

Three birds identified on this plate

Crescent Honeyeater · White-cheeked Honeyeater

High

Plate XXXI, Melionis: Lichmera Cabanis & Meliornis Gray & Melampodium ser

Suggest a correction
Image rotationRotation
Export or clear saved contributions
01Crescent Honeyeater
Lichmera australasianaPhylidonyris pyrrhopterusShow this identification
Several species on one plate

This plate depicts more than one taxon. Each bird is traced separately so that one identification is not made to stand for the whole artwork.

Name recorded with the plateLichmera australasianaTasman Honey-eater
Name used todayPhylidonyris pyrrhopterusCrescent Honeyeater

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.

The bird today

Follow the accepted taxon into present-day biodiversity records, observations and sound identification.

02White-cheeked Honeyeater
Meliornis mystacalisPhylidonyris niger gouldiiShow this identification
Several species on one plate

This plate depicts more than one taxon. Each bird is traced separately so that one identification is not made to stand for the whole artwork.

Name recorded with the plateMeliornis mystacalisMoustached Honey-eater
Name used todayPhylidonyris niger gouldiiWhite-cheeked Honeyeater

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.

The bird today

Follow the accepted taxon into present-day biodiversity records, observations and sound identification.

03White-cheeked Honeyeater
Meliornis sericeaPhylidonyris niger nigerShow this identification
Several species on one plate

This plate depicts more than one taxon. Each bird is traced separately so that one identification is not made to stand for the whole artwork.

Name recorded with the plateMeliornis sericeaWhite-cheeked Honey-eater
Name used todayPhylidonyris niger nigerWhite-cheeked Honeyeater

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.

The bird today

Follow the accepted taxon into present-day biodiversity records, observations and sound identification.

Publication
The Birds of Australia, Volume 4
Plate
26
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.