South Island Kokako
Callaeas cinereus(Gmelin, JF, 1788)
English (US) South Island Kokako
Possibly extinct
The South Island Kokako (Callaeas cinereus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Callaeidae (New Zealand Wattlebirds) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: formerly South Island, New Zealand; probably extinct, last confirmed sighting 1967Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Callaeas cinereus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- South Island Kokako
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Glaucopis cinerea
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
- Type locality
- New Zealand.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I] p.363
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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