New Zealand Pigeon
New Zealand Pigeon
Here the details of the New Zealand Pigeon named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Columba novae Seelandiae Syst.Nat. 1 pt2 p.773
Taxonomy: Columbiformes / Columbidae / Hemiphaga
Taxonomy Code: nezpig2
Type Locality: New Zealand = Dusky Sound, South Island, ex Latham.
Author: Gmelin, JF
Publish Year: 1789
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
HEMIPHAGA
(Columbidae; Ϯ New Zealand Pigeon H. novaeseelandiae) Gr. ἡμι- hēmi- half- < ἡμισυς hēmisus half; genus Carpophaga Selby, 1835, imperial pigeon; "Le sixième genre est HEMIPHAGA, Bp., créé pour de très-brillants Carpophagiens de forte taille, dont le dessous du corps est mi-partie blanc et vert, et qui tiennent le milieu entre les genres précédents et Megaloprepia qui suit immédiatement. Un de mes quatre Hémiphages tient encore au genre Zonœnas par la bande grise de sa queue: c'est l'espèce des Philippines que Gray a figurée comme Carpophaga poliocephala dans ses Genera of birds. Mon type, au reste, et je le déclare ici formellement, a toujours été la C. novæ-zealandiæ, Gm., qui est aussi C. argetræa de Forster, et spadicea de Lesson. Mais, malgré sa ressemblance, il ne faut pas la confondre, comme on ne l'a fait que trop souvent, avec la véritable spadicea, Lath. Cette seconde espèce du genre qui vit à la Nouvelle-Hollande, a le bec plus petit et le plumage beaucoup moins brillant, son manteau tirant au châtain foncé, et le reste du dos et des ailes n'étant que glacé de vert. C'est à elle qu'appartiennent comme synonymes les noms de C. leucogaster, Wagl., princeps, Vig., gigas, Ranzani; et les figures de Mme Knip, de Jardine et Selby, et de M. Gould." (Bonaparte 1854); "34. Hemiphaga, Bp. (Carpophaga, part. Gr,) Cauda emarginata. Colores viridi aenei; subtus dimidiato albi. As. m. Oc. 4. 1. COLUMBA novae-zealandiae, Gm. ... 2. COLUMBA spadicea, Lath. ... 3. CARPOPHAGA poliocephala, Gr. ... 4. COLUMBA forsteni, Temm. (errore forsteri" (Bonaparte 1855); "Hemiphaga Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, vol. xxxix. Dec. 4th, 1854, p. 1076. Type (by original designation): Columba novæseelandiæ Gmelin." (Mathews, 1927, Syst. Av. Austral., I, p. 53).
Var. Hemicarpophaga (“I suppose that Hemiphaga (!) stands for Hemicarpophaga” (Salvadori 1893)).
novaeseelandiae
L. novus new; Mod. L. Zeelandia or Seelandia Zeeland, Netherlands; i.e. New Zealand (also New Zeeland and New Zeland, which received its name from the explorer Abel Tasman who explored the west coast in 1642, naming it Nova Zeelanda after his Dutch home).
● ex “New-Zealand Lark” of Latham 1783 (Anthus).
● ex “New-Zealand Duck” of Latham 1785 (Aythya).
● Erroneous TL New Zealand (= Tahiti); ex “Red-rumped Parrot” of Latham 1781 (syn. Cyanoramphus zealandicus).
● ex “New-Zealand Falcon” of Latham 1781 (Falco).
● ex “New-Zealand Titmouse” of Latham 1783 (Finschia).
● ex “New Zealand Pigeon” of Latham 1783 (Hemiphaga).
● ex “New-Zeeland Owl” of Latham 1781 (Ninox).
● ex “New Zealand Creeper” of Brown 1776, and “Poë Bee-eater” of Latham 1782 (Prosthemadera).
SUBSPECIES
New Zealand Pigeon (Norfolk)
SCI Name: Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae spadicea
spadicea / spadiceus
Mod. L. spadiceus chestnut-brown, bay-coloured < L. spadix, spadicis chestnut-coloured, date-coloured < Gr. σπαδιξ spadix, σπαδικος spadikos palm-coloured, bay < σπαω spaō to pluck.
● ex “Yellow-rumped Fly-catcher” (= rufous phase) of Latham 1783 (Attila).
● ex “Chocolate Albatross” (= ☼) of Latham 1785 (syn. Diomedea exulans).
● ex “Perdix rouge de Madagascar” of Sonnerat 1782, and “Brown African Partridge” of Latham 1783 (Galloperdix).
● ex “Ardea mexicana” or “Avis Xoxonquihoactli” of Seba 1734-1765, “Ardea mexicana purpurascens” of Brisson 1760, “Crabier pourpré” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Mexican Heron” of Latham 1785 (unident;?Ixobrychus exilis).
● ex “Brown Tern” of Latham 1785 (syn. Onychoprion fuscatus).
New Zealand Pigeon (New Zealand)
SCI Name: Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae novaeseelandiae
novaeseelandiae
L. novus new; Mod. L. Zeelandia or Seelandia Zeeland, Netherlands; i.e. New Zealand (also New Zeeland and New Zeland, which received its name from the explorer Abel Tasman who explored the west coast in 1642, naming it Nova Zeelanda after his Dutch home).
● ex “New-Zealand Lark” of Latham 1783 (Anthus).
● ex “New-Zealand Duck” of Latham 1785 (Aythya).
● Erroneous TL New Zealand (= Tahiti); ex “Red-rumped Parrot” of Latham 1781 (syn. Cyanoramphus zealandicus).
● ex “New-Zealand Falcon” of Latham 1781 (Falco).
● ex “New-Zealand Titmouse” of Latham 1783 (Finschia).
● ex “New Zealand Pigeon” of Latham 1783 (Hemiphaga).
● ex “New-Zeeland Owl” of Latham 1781 (Ninox).
● ex “New Zealand Creeper” of Brown 1776, and “Poë Bee-eater” of Latham 1782 (Prosthemadera).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)