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