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[Lord Howe swamphen (Porphyrio albus)] 2/4 Less Nat[ura]l Size

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Date

[ca 1788-1790]

Artist

George Raper (1769-1796)

Collective Title

Raper, George, 1769-1797: Birds of Australia and South Seas. Original drawings 1788-90. From E. Cane

Collection

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image Link

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22730632

Description

Lord Howe swamphen (Porphyrio albus). Two specimens depicted, one specimen is pure white, the other white with blue markings on head, neck, and wings.

The white gallinule, possibly a relation of the pukeko, went extinct within 40 years of Europeans visiting Lord Howe Island, i.e. about 1828.

Title supplied by Library. Former title - [White gallinule - Porphyria albus albus - the White swamphen of Lord Howe Island] 2/4 less Nat[ura]l size.

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All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library

Location

Lord Howe Island, Australia

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Birds

Category

Glossary
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