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Historical bird plate: Forty-spotted Pardalote

Multi-species plate · Mathews · 1910-1927

Two birds identified on this plate

Forty-spotted Pardalote · Sahul Sunbird

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Plate 510: Cyrtostomus Cabanis

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01Forty-spotted Pardalote
Nesopardalotus quadragintusPardalotus quadragintusShow 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 plateNesopardalotus quadragintusForty-spotted Pardalote
Name used todayPardalotus quadragintusForty-spotted Pardalote

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.

02Sahul Sunbird
Cyrtostomus frenatusCinnyris frenatusShow 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 plateCyrtostomus frenatusSun-bird
Name used todayCinnyris frenatusSahul Sunbird

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
20
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.