Buller / Keulemans · 1888
Australasian Shoveler
Rhyncaspis Blyth & Rhynchaspis variegata & Variegata Bigot
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01Australasian Shoveler
Now treated at subspecies rank
The historical name connects to a presently accepted subspecies within a broader species account. Current services may therefore catalogue it at either rank.
Name recorded with the plateRhynchaspis variegataShoveller or Spoonbill Duck
Name used todaySpatula rhynchotis variegataAustralasian Shoveler
What connects the names
The historical identification is now placed at subspecies rank within a broader accepted species.
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 2
- Plate
- 20
- 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.