
Buller / Keulemans · 1888
Swamp Harrier
Circus Lacepede & Circus gouldi
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01Swamp Harrier
Name changed; taxon retained
The historical and current names refer to the same accepted taxon. The connection does not require a split, lump or change of rank.
Name recorded with the plateCircus gouldi
Name used todayCircus approximansSwamp Harrier
What connects the names
The historical identification has been reconciled with the current accepted taxon using the original plate context and the current checklist.
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
- A history of the birds of New Zealand, Volume 1
- Plate
- 21
- 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.