Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | kaka de Nova Zelanda |
Czech | nestor kaka |
Dutch | Kaka |
English | New Zealand Kaka |
English (United States) | New Zealand Kaka |
French | Nestor superbe |
French (France) | Nestor superbe |
German | Kaka |
Icelandic | Kagpápi |
Japanese | カカ |
Norwegian | kaka |
Polish | nestor kaka |
Russian | Кака |
Serbian | Novozelandski kaka papagaj |
Slovak | nestor kaka |
Spanish | Kaka |
Spanish (Spain) | Kaka |
Swedish | kaka |
Turkish | Yeni Zelanda Kakası |
Ukrainian | Нестор білоголовий |
Nestor meridionalis (Gmelin, 1788)
PROTONYM:
Psittacus meridionalis
Gmelin, 1788. Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I], p.333.
TYPE LOCALITY:
New Zealand = Dusky Sound, South Island, ex Latham.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- NESTOR
- nestor
- meridionale / meridionalis
The Key to Scientific Names
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lowercase: species and subspecies
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‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
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New Zealand Kaka Nestor meridionalis Scientific name definitions
Nigel Collar and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 24, 2017
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 24, 2017
Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- New Zealand Kaka Nestor meridionalis
Authors
Nigel Collar and Peter F. D. Boesman
Recommended Citation
Collar, N. and P. F. D. Boesman (2020). New Zealand Kaka (Nestor meridionalis), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.nezkak1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- May 24, 2017
- New Zealand Kaka Nestor meridionalis
Authors
Nigel Collar and Peter F. D. Boesman
Revisors
Peter F. D. Boesman
Recommended Citation
Collar, N. and P. F. D. Boesman (2017). New Zealand Kaka (Nestor meridionalis). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.