Nestor esslingii Souancé, 1856:223

Prince of Essling's parrot, Masséna's kaka, Essling's brown parrot

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

A complete synonymy taken from (Checklist Committee (OSNZ), 2010:250, 251):

Nestor Esslingii Souancé, 1856: Revue Mag. Zool. 8 (2nd series): 223 – “Philips Island”, probably error for Marlborough District (fide Mathews & Iredale 1913, Ibis 1 (10th ser.): 424).; Nestor esslingii Souancé; G.R. Gray, 1862: Ibis 4: 230.; Nestor esslingi Souancé; Buller 1906, Suppl. Birds N.Z. 2: 77. Unjustified emendation. [also used by Hume & Walters, 2012:384]

Invalid. Synonym of N. meridionalis meridionalis (Checklist Committee (OSNZ), 2010:250, 251, 2022:195).

Conservation Status

Invalid. Synonym of N. meridionalis meridionalis (Checklist Committee (OSNZ), 2010:250, 251, 2022:195).

Last record: 1850's

Distribution

New Zealand

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Souancé. (1856). Rev. et Mag. de Zool., p. 223.

Other references:

Buller, W. L. (1905). Supplements to the Birds of New Zealand, vol. 1. London: self published.

Checklist Committee (OSNZ). (2010). Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica (4th ed.). Ornithological Society of New Zealand & Te Papa Press, Wellington. [p. 250, 251]

Checklist Committee (OSNZ). (2022). Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand (5th edition). Ornithological Society of New Zealand Occasional Publication No. 1. Wellington: Ornithological Society of New Zealand. [p. 195]

Gray, G. R. (1859). List of Specimens of Birds in the Collection of the British Museum. Part III. Section III. Psittacidæ. London: Printed by the Order of the Trustees.. [p. 100]

Salvadori, T. (1891). Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum, vol. 20. Catalogue of the Psittaci, or Parrots, in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Printed by the Order of the Trustees.

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