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Historical bird plate: Chestnut-breasted Mannikin

Multi-species plate · Mathews · 1910-1927

Two birds identified on this plate

Chestnut-breasted Mannikin · Yellow-rumped Mannikin

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Plate 565: Donacola Gould

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01Chestnut-breasted Mannikin
Donacola castaneothoraxLonchura castaneothoraxShow 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 plateDonacola castaneothoraxChestnut-breasted Finch
Name used todayLonchura castaneothoraxChestnut-breasted Mannikin

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.

02Yellow-rumped Mannikin
Donacola flaviprymnaLonchura flaviprymnaShow 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 plateDonacola flaviprymnaYellow-rumped Finch
Name used todayLonchura flaviprymnaYellow-rumped Mannikin

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
24
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.