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Historical bird plate: Southern Royal Albatross

Multi-species plate · Mathews · 1928

Two birds identified on this plate

Southern Royal Albatross · Snowy Albatross

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Plate 40: Diomedea Linnaeus & Diomedea epomophora

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01Southern Royal Albatross
diomedea epomophoraDiomedea epomophoraShow 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 platediomedea epomophora
Name used todayDiomedea epomophoraSouthern Royal Albatross

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.

02Snowy Albatross
Diomedea exulansDiomedea exulansShow 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 plateDiomedea exulans
Name used todayDiomedea exulansSnowy Albatross

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
40
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.