Norfolk Island Kaka / Nestor productus
Norfolk Island Kaka
SCI Name:
Protonym: Plyctolophus productus Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt4 no.38 p.19
Taxonomy: Psittaciformes / Strigopidae / Nestor
Taxonomy Code: noikak1
Type Locality: No locality = Phillip Island, off Norfolk Island.
Author: Gould
Publish Year: 1836
IUCN Status: Extinct
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).
producta / productus
L. productus lengthened < producere to extend.
● ex “Wilson’s Parrakeet” of Latham 1822 (‡Nestor).
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)