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Historical bird plate: Fawn-breasted Bowerbird

Multi-species plate · Mathews · 1910-1927

Two birds identified on this plate

Fawn-breasted Bowerbird · Great Bowerbird

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01Fawn-breasted Bowerbird
Alphachlamydera cerviniventrisChlamydera cerviniventrisShow 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 plateAlphachlamydera cerviniventrisFawn-breasted Bower-Bird
Name used todayChlamydera cerviniventrisFawn-breasted Bowerbird

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.

02Great Bowerbird
Rogersornis nuchalisChlamydera nuchalisShow 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 plateRogersornis nuchalisGreat Bower-Bird
Name used todayChlamydera nuchalisGreat Bowerbird

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
46
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.