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Historical bird plate: Black-throated Finch

Multi-species plate · Mathews · 1910-1927

Three birds identified on this plate

Black-throated Finch · Long-tailed Finch · Masked Finch

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Alisteranus Mathews

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01Black-throated Finch
Alisteranus cinctusPoephila cinctaShow 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 plateAlisteranus cinctusBlack-throated Finch
Name used todayPoephila cinctaBlack-throated Finch

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

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02Long-tailed Finch
Poephila acuticaudaPoephila acuticaudaShow 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 platePoephila acuticaudaLong-tailed Finch
Name used todayPoephila acuticaudaLong-tailed Finch

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.

03Masked Finch
Neopoephila personataPoephila personataShow 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 plateNeopoephila personataMasked Finch
Name used todayPoephila personataMasked Finch

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
31
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.