Multi-species plate · Mathews · 1910-1927
Two birds identified on this plate
Welcome Swallow · White-backed Swallow
Plate 374: Cheramoeca Cabanis & Cheramoeca leucosternum & Hirundo Linnaeus & Hirundo neoxena
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01Welcome Swallowhirundo neoxena→Hirundo neoxenaShow 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.
02White-backed SwallowCheramoeca leucosternum→Cheramoeca leucosternaShow 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.
Medium confidence: The identification is supported, but part of the connection depends on interpretation of a broader historical concept, locality or other contextual evidence.
The bird today
Follow the accepted taxon into present-day biodiversity records, observations and sound identification.
- Publication
- The Birds of Australia, Volume 8
- Plate
- 5
- 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.