New Zealand Kaka

New Zealand Kaka / Nestor meridionalis

New Zealand Kaka

Here the details of the New Zealand Kaka named bird below:

SCI Name:  Nestor meridionalis
Protonym:  Psittacus meridionalis Syst.Nat. 1 pt1 p.333
Taxonomy:  Psittaciformes / Strigopidae /
Taxonomy Code:  nezkak1
Type Locality:  New Zealand = Dusky Sound, South Island, ex Latham.
Author:  
Publish Year:  1788
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

NESTOR
(Strigopidae; Ϯ Kaka N. meridionalis) Specific name Psittacus nestor Latham 1790 (= syn. Nestor meridionalis), from the grizzle-capped appearance of the Kaka (see nestor); "VIII.e Sous-genre. NESTOR; Nestor.   Bec très-long, très-haut; la mandibule supérieure du double plus longue que l'inférieure, à arête disposée en courbe alongée, très-comprimée, mince et sillonnée sur ses côtés; mandibule inférieure alongée, mince, taillée en biseau en avant; narines basales, ouvertes, étroites, latérales; tarses médiocres, alongés, très-réticulés; queue médiocre, égale.   30. NESTOR DE LA NOUVELLE-ZÉLANDE; Nestor Novæ Zelandiæ:  Psittacus Nestor, Kuhl.  ...  Habite la Nouvelle-Zélande, où les naturels le nomment kaka. Il apprend aisément à parler et devient très-familier. Cet oiseau saute en marchant et n'a point les allures des autres perroquets." (Lesson 1830); "Nestor Lesson, Traité d'Orn., livr. 3, 1830, p. 190. Type, by monotypy and tautonymy, Nestor novaezelandiae Lesson = Psittacus nestor Latham = Psittacus meridionalis Gmelin." (Peters 1937, III, 142).  Recent work suggests that this genus should be separated in a new family, Nestoridae.
Synon. Centrourus, Doreenia.

nestor
Gr. myth. Nestor, grey-haired wise old king of Pylos at the siege of Troy (syn. Nestor meridionalis, syn. Poliocephalus poliocephalus, syn. Turdus poliocephalus).

meridionale / meridionalis
L. meridionalis  southern  < meridies  south.
● Cayenne; ex “Rufous-headed Falcon” of Latham 1787 (Heterospizias).
● South Island, New Zealand; ex “Southern brown Parrot” of Latham 1781 (Nestor).
● Erroneous TL. Bahamas (= Trinidad) (syn. Trogon violaceus).

SUBSPECIES

New Zealand Kaka (septentrionalis)
SCI Name: Nestor meridionalis septentrionalis
septentrionale / septentrionales / septentrionalis / septentrionalium
L. septemtrionalis  northern  < septemtrio  north.
● Erroneous TL "Northern parts of America" (= Tonga Tabu); ex “Northern Shrike” of Latham 1781 (syn. Clytorhynchus vitiensis).

New Zealand Kaka (meridionalis)
SCI Name: Nestor meridionalis meridionalis
meridionale / meridionalis
L. meridionalis  southern  < meridies  south.
● Cayenne; ex “Rufous-headed Falcon” of Latham 1787 (Heterospizias).
● South Island, New Zealand; ex “Southern brown Parrot” of Latham 1781 (Nestor).
● Erroneous TL. Bahamas (= Trinidad) (syn. Trogon violaceus).