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Historical bird plate: Little Friarbird

Multi-species plate · Mathews · 1910-1927

Two birds identified on this plate

Little Friarbird · Noisy Friarbird

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Plate 556: Microphilemon Mathews & Tropidorhynchus Vigors & Tropidorhynchus corniculatus

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01Little Friarbird
Microphilemon citreogularisPhilemon citreogularisShow 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 plateMicrophilemon citreogularisLittle Friarbird
Name used todayPhilemon citreogularisLittle Friarbird

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.

02Noisy Friarbird
Tropidorhynchus corniculatusPhilemon corniculatusShow 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 plateTropidorhynchus corniculatusNoisy Friarbird
Name used todayPhilemon corniculatusNoisy Friarbird

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 12
Plate
15
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.