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Historical bird plate: Wompoo Fruit Dove

Mathews · 1910-1927

Wompoo Fruit Dove

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Plate 26: Diospyros sect & Megaloprepia Reichenbach & Megaloprepia assimilis

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01Wompoo Fruit Dove
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 plateMegaloprepia assimilisWompoo Fruit Dove
Name used todayMegaloprepia magnifica assimilisWompoo Fruit Dove

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
The Birds of Australia, Volume 1
Plate
26
Creator
Gregory M. Mathews; plates by J. G. Keulemans, Henrik Grönvold, H. Goodchild, G. E. Lodge and Roland Green
Holding institution
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
Taxonomic authority
AviList 2025
Rights
Public domain. The BHL considers that this work is no longer under copyright protection.