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Historical bird plate: Swamp Harrier

Buller / Keulemans · 1888

Swamp Harrier

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Circus Lacepede & Circus gouldi

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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.