Historical bird plate: Australian Reed Warbler

Multi-species plate · Diggles · 1877

Four birds identified on this plate

Australian Reed Warbler · Brown Songlark · Singing Bush Lark · Little Grassbird

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Plate 29: Myrafra Swainson & Mirafra horsfieldi

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01Australian Reed Warbler

Acrocephalus australisAcrocephalus australisShow this identification

Several species on one plate

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Name recorded with the plateAcrocephalus australis

Name used todayAcrocephalus australisAustralian Reed Warbler

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02Brown Songlark

Sphenoeacus galactotesCincloramphus cruralisShow this identification

Several species on one plate

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Name recorded with the plateSphenoeacus galactotes

Name used todayCincloramphus cruralisBrown Songlark

What connects the names

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.

Primary plate source AviList v2025 taxonomic authority

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03Singing Bush Lark

Mirafra horsfieldiiMirafra javanicaShow 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 plateMirafra horsfieldii

Name used todayMirafra javanicaSinging Bush Lark

What connects the names

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.

Primary plate source AviList v2025 taxonomic authority

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04Little Grassbird

Sphenoeacus gramineusPoodytes gramineusShow 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 plateSphenoeacus gramineus

Name used todayPoodytes gramineusLittle Grassbird

What connects the names

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.

Primary plate source AviList v2025 taxonomic authority

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Publication: Companion to Gould's Handbook; or, Synopsis of the birds of Australia, Single volume
Plate: 44
Creator: Silvester Diggles; hand-colouring associated with Rowena Birkett; many subjects after Gould originals
Holding institution: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
Taxonomic authority: AviList 2025
Rights: Public domain — source record reports no known copyright restrictions.

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