Mathews · 1928
New Zealand Pigeon
Plate 1: Hemiphaga Bonaparte & Hemiphaga spadicea
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01New Zealand Pigeon
Beyond the reference collection
The bird lies beyond the geographic scope of the original reference collection. Its historical identification can still be compared with current taxonomy and is retained here as part of the illustrated work.
Name recorded with the platehemiphaga novaeseelandiae
Name used todayHemiphaga novaeseelandiaeNew Zealand Pigeon
What connects the names
The artwork depicts a bird beyond the geographic scope of the original reference collection, but its identification can still be followed through current taxonomy.
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 Norfolk & Lord Howe Islands and the Australasian South Polar quadrant, Single volume
- Plate
- 1
- Creator
- Gregory M. Mathews; plates include work by Henrik Grönvold, Roland Green and F. W. Frohawk
- Holding institution
- Museums Victoria
- Taxonomic authority
- AviList 2025
- Rights
- Public domain. The BHL considers that this work is no longer under copyright protection.