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Historical bird plate: New Zealand Kaka

Buller / Keulemans · 1905

New Zealand Kaka

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SUPPL. B.N.Z. PL. VIII: SUPPL. B.N.Z. PL. VIII

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01New Zealand Kaka
Historical colour form

The source treated a colour form as taxonomically meaningful. Current classification places that form within a more broadly defined accepted taxon.

Name recorded with the plateNestor esslingiBanded Kaka and variety
Name used todayNestor meridionalisNew Zealand Kaka

What connects the names

The source treated this colour form as taxonomically distinct; current classification includes it within a broader accepted taxon.

Medium confidence: The identification is supported, but part of the connection depends on interpretation of a broader historical concept, locality or other contextual evidence.

The bird today

Follow the accepted taxon into present-day biodiversity records, observations and sound identification.

Publication
Supplement to the 'Birds of New Zealand', Volume 2
Plate
3
Creator
Walter L. Buller; plates by J. G. Keulemans
Holding institution
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
Taxonomic authority
AviList 2025
Rights
Public domain — source record marked not in copyright.