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Historical bird plate: New Zealand Fantail

Multi-species plate · Mathews · 1910-1927

Two birds identified on this plate

New Zealand Fantail · Grey Fantail

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Plate 401: Flabellifera Meigen & Rhipidura Vigors & Rhipidura flabellifera

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01New Zealand Fantail
rhipidura fuliginosaRhipidura fuliginosaShow 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 platerhipidura fuliginosa
Name used todayRhipidura fuliginosaNew Zealand Fantail

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.

02Grey Fantail
Rhipidura flabelliferaRhipidura albiscapaShow 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 plateRhipidura flabellifera
Name used todayRhipidura albiscapaGrey Fantail

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 9
Plate
3
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.