Buller / Keulemans · 1905
Chatham Rail
SUPPL. B.N.Z. PL. III: SUPPL. B.N.Z. PL. III
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01Chatham Rail
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 plateCabalus modestusHutton's Rail
Name used todayGallirallus modestusChatham Rail
What connects the names
The historical identification has been reconciled with the current accepted taxon using the original plate context and the current checklist.
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
- Supplement to the 'Birds of New Zealand', Volume 1
- Plate
- 3
- Creator
- Walter L. Buller; plates by J. G. Keulemans
- Holding institution
- Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
- Taxonomic authority
- AviList 2025
- Rights
- Public domain — source record marked not in copyright.