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Historical bird plate: Lewin's Honeyeater

Multi-species plate · Mathews · 1910-1927

Two birds identified on this plate

Lewin's Honeyeater · White-lined Honeyeater

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Plate 530: Dorothina Mathews

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01Lewin's Honeyeater
Dorothina lewiniiMeliphaga lewiniiShow 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 plateDorothina lewiniiLewin Honeyeater
Name used todayMeliphaga lewiniiLewin's Honeyeater

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-lined Honeyeater
Dorothina albilineataMeliphaga albilineataShow 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 plateDorothina albilineataWhite-lined Honeyeater
Name used todayMeliphaga albilineataWhite-lined Honeyeater

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
40
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.