Norfolk kākā

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Norfolk kākā
Naturalis Biodiversity Center's taxidermed Norfolk kākā

Extinct (1851)  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Strigopidae
Genus: Nestor
Species:
†N. productus
Binomial name
†Nestor productus
(Gould, 1836)
Synonyms

Nestor norfolcensis
Plyctolophus productus
Centrurus productus

The Norfolk kākā (Nestor productus) is an

Phillip Island.[2] It was a relative of the New Zealand kākā.[4]

Taxonomy

John Keulemans
illustration of a bird from Norfolk Island, and the head of a Phillip Island specimen

The Norfolk kākā was first described by the naturalist

kangaroo apple (Solanum aviculare).[6] The bird was formally described by John Gould in 1836,[7] from a specimen at the Zoological Society of London. Originally, the individuals from Norfolk Island and Philip Island were considered two separate species, Nestor norfolcensis (described by August von Pelzeln in 1860) and Nestor productus, respectively, but direct comparison of specimens of both islands showed that they were the same species.[8]

The Norfolk kākā was first described by John Gould in 1836 as Plyctolophus productus.[9]

Behaviour and ecology

Little is known of the bird's biology. It was said to have lived both on the ground and in tall trees, feeding on flowering shrubs and trees. The call was described by Gould as "hoarse, quacking, inharmonious noise, sometimes resembling the barking of a dog".[10]

Extinction

The

lories", being similar in shape), it is hard to accept that he would not have documented this much more attractive quarry, had the kākā still been present.[12] The last bird in captivity died in London
in 1851.

Skins

Painting by John Gould
Turnaround video of a male specimen, Naturalis Biodiversity Center

At least 16 specimens survive.

Museum Collection numbers Collection location References
Australian Museum in Sydney AM O.22287 & AM PA.2933 Phillip Island [13]
Museum Victoria in Melbourne
 NMV 14050 Phillip Island [14]
American Museum of Natural History in New York City AMNH SKIN-616718 & AMNH Skin-300597 [15]
National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. USNM 176991.4028148 & USNM 151991.4354158 unknown and Phillip Island [16][17]
Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia
 ANSP 22082 (TYPE) Phillip Island [18]
Naturalis
 ZMA 3164 Phillip Island [19]
Naturalis in Leiden
 RMNH 110.061 & RMNH 110.068 Phillip Island [20]
Natural History Museum in Tring NHMUK 1837.9.26.12, NHMUK 1955.6.N.19.3, NMHUK VEL.25.282a and NHMUK without catalog number [21][22]
Museum of Zoology and Natural History (La Specola) 1 skin [23]
Birmingham Museums Trust 1 taxidermy mount, 1912Z108 [24][25]
Derby Museum (now known as World Museum, National Museums Liverpool), Liverpool
 NML-VZ D756 and NML-VZ D756a Norfolk Island & Phillip Island [8][26]
Dresden: C.3363 Phillip Island [27]
Frankfurt a. M. SMF 17346 Phillip Island [27]
Halberstadt skin - [28]
Göttingen dermoplastik, male - [27]
Wien LECTOTYPE: NMW 41.026 - -

Forshaw has measurements of seven skins, one male, one female and five of unknown sex.[4]

British Museum of Natural History list two individuals, both from Philip Island. One of the two specimens came from Bell's collection.[22]

References

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    doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22684834A93049105.en
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  2. ^ a b "Norfolk kaka - BirdLife Species Factsheet". BirdLife International. 2008.
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  5. ^ Forster, Johann Reinhold (1844). Descriptiones animalium : quae in itinere ad maris Australis terras per annos 1772, 1773 et 1774 /suscepto collegit observavit et delineavit Joannes Reinoldus Forster ... nunc demum editae auctoritate et impensis Academiae litterarum regiae berolinae curante Henrico Lichtenstein academiae socio. Berolini : Ex officina academica.
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  7. ^ Gould, J. (1865). Handbook to the Birds of Australia. Vol. 2. London: the author.
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  9. ^ John Gould (1836) Characters of some new Birds in the Society's Collection, including two new genera, Paradoxornis and Actinodura Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, Pt4 no.38 p.19
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  12. ^ Moore, J.L. (1985). "Ensign Best's bird observations on Norfolk Island" (PDF). Notornis. 32 (4): 319–322. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2008.
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  17. ^ "Search NMNH Collections". Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
  18. ^ "Occurrence Detail 242016583". data.gbif.org.
  19. ^ a b "Nestor productus - Norfolk Kaka specimen(s) in the ZMA". Nlbif.eti.uva.nl. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
  20. ^ a b "Naturalis - Extinct bird: Nestor productus (Norfolk Kaka)". Nlbif.eti.uva.nl. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
  21. ^ "Collections - Natural History Museum".
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  23. ^ "La Specola - Extinct birds". 15 September 2010.
  24. ^ Newman, Edward (1899). "Editorial gleanings". The Zoologist. 3: 234–240.
  25. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  26. ^ Fisher C.T. (1981) Specimens of extinct, endangered or rare birds in the Merseyside County Museums, Liverpool. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 101(2): 276-285
  27. ^ a b c Dieter Luther: Die ausgestorbenen Vögel der Welt. Nachdr. d. 3. A. 1986 (1995)
  28. ^ Bernd Nicolai (1993): Dünnschnabelnestor, Nestor productus (Gould 1836), in der Sammlung des Heineanums. In: Ornithologische Jahresberichte des Museum Heineanum 11 (1993) S. 113-116.
  29. ^ "Welcome - Zoological Museum Amsterdam - University of Amsterdam". Archived from the original on 21 January 2009. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
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