Multi-species plate · Diggles · 1877
Five birds identified on this plate
Banded Honeyeater · Black Honeyeater · Dusky Myzomela · Red-headed Myzomela · Scarlet Myzomela
Plate 41: Myzomela erythrocephala & Myzomela pectoralis & Vincetoxicum ser & Pedilonum sect
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01Banded HoneyeaterMyzomela pectoralis→Cissomela pectoralisShow this identification
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02Black HoneyeaterMyzomela nigra→Sugomel nigrumShow this identification
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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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03Dusky MyzomelaMyzomela obscura→Myzomela obscuraShow this identification
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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.
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04Red-headed MyzomelaMyzomela erythrocephala→Myzomela erythrocephalaShow this identification
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.
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.
The bird today
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05Scarlet MyzomelaMyzomela sanguinolenta→Myzomela sanguinolentaShow this identification
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.
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.
The bird today
Follow the accepted taxon into present-day biodiversity records, observations and sound identification.
- Publication
- Companion to Gould's Handbook; or, Synopsis of the birds of Australia, Single volume
- Plate
- 60
- 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.