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Historical bird plate: Black Currawong

Multi-species plate · Mathews · 1910-1927

Two birds identified on this plate

Black Currawong · Pied Currawong

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Plate 488: Strepera Lesson & Strepera fuliginosa & Strepera graculina

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01Black Currawong
Strepera fuliginosaStrepera 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 plateStrepera fuliginosaBlack Currawong
Name used todayStrepera fuliginosaBlack Currawong

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.

02Pied Currawong
Strepera graculinaStrepera graculinaShow 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 plateStrepera graculinaPied Currawong
Name used todayStrepera graculinaPied Currawong

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
The Birds of Australia, Volume 10
Plate
36
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.