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Historical bird plate: Black-tailed Treecreeper

Multi-species plate · Mathews · 1910-1927

Three birds identified on this plate

Black-tailed Treecreeper · Rufous Treecreeper

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Plate 504: Rufa Tournier & Whitlocka Mathews

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01Black-tailed Treecreeper
Whitlocka melanuraClimacteris melanurusShow 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 plateWhitlocka melanuraBlack-tailed Treecreeper
Name used todayClimacteris melanurusBlack-tailed Treecreeper

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.

02Black-tailed Treecreeper
Whitlocka wellsiClimacteris melanurus wellsiShow 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 plateWhitlocka wellsiWells Treecreeper
Name used todayClimacteris melanurus wellsiBlack-tailed Treecreeper

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.

03Rufous Treecreeper
Climacteris rufaClimacteris rufusShow 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 plateClimacteris rufaRufous Treecreeper
Name used todayClimacteris rufusRufous Treecreeper

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 11
Plate
14
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.