Multi-species plate · Buller / Keulemans · 1888

Two birds identified on this plate

Shore Plover · Wrybill

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Anarhynchus Quoy & Anarhynchus frontalis

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01Shore Plover

Thinornis novae-zealandiaeThinornis novaeseelandiaeShow 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 plateThinornis novae-zealandiaeSand-Plover

Name used todayThinornis novaeseelandiaeShore Plover

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.

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02Wrybill

Anarhynchus frontalisAnarhynchus frontalisShow 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 plateAnarhynchus frontalisWry-billed Plover

Name used todayAnarhynchus frontalisWrybill

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.

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

Publication: A history of the birds of New Zealand, Volume 2
Plate: 2
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.