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Historical bird plate: New Zealand Fantail

Multi-species plate · Mathews · 1928

Three birds identified on this plate

New Zealand Fantail · Grey Fantail

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Plate 24: Rhipidura Vigors & Rhipidura cervina

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01New Zealand Fantail
rhipidura fuliginosaRhipidura fuliginosaShow 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 platerhipidura fuliginosa
Name used todayRhipidura fuliginosaNew Zealand Fantail

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.

02New Zealand Fantail
Rhipidura cervinaRhipidura fuliginosa cervinaShow 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 plateRhipidura cervina
Name used todayRhipidura fuliginosa cervinaNew Zealand Fantail

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.

03Grey Fantail
Rhipidura cervinaRhipidura albiscapaShow 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 plateRhipidura cervina
Name used todayRhipidura albiscapaGrey Fantail

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 Norfolk & Lord Howe Islands and the Australasian South Polar quadrant, Single volume
Plate
24
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.