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Historical bird plate: Red-crowned Parakeet

Multi-species plate · Buller / Keulemans · 1888

Two birds identified on this plate

Red-crowned Parakeet · Yellow-crowned Parakeet

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Platycercus Vigors & Platycercus auriceps

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01Red-crowned Parakeet
Platycercus novae-zelandiaeCyanoramphus novaezelandiaeShow 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 platePlatycercus novae-zelandiae
Name used todayCyanoramphus novaezelandiaeRed-crowned Parakeet

What connects the names

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

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.

02Yellow-crowned Parakeet
Platycercus auricepsCyanoramphus auricepsShow 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 platePlatycercus auriceps
Name used todayCyanoramphus auricepsYellow-crowned Parakeet

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
A history of the birds of New Zealand, Volume 1
Plate
16
Creator
Walter L. Buller; plates principally by J. G. Keulemans, with uncoloured plates after P. J. Smit by E. Wilson
Holding institution
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Taxonomic authority
AviList 2025
Rights
Public domain. The BHL considers that this work is no longer under copyright protection.