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The Kōkako (Callaeas cinereus) is a forest bird which is endemic to New Zealand. It is slate-grey with wattles and a black mask. It is one of three species of New Zealand Wattlebird, the other two being the endangered Tieke (saddleback) and the extinct Huia. Previously widespread, Kōkako populations throughout New Zealand have been decimated by the predations of mammalian invasive species such as possums, stoats, cats and rats and their range has contracted significantly. There were formerly two sub-species of Kōkako, North Island and South Island, although the South Island subspecies may now be extinct. In the past this bird was called the New Zealand Crow: it is not a crow at all, but it looks like one from a distance. Source: Wikipedia
Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Callaeidae
Genus:
Callaeas
Scientific:
Callaeas wilsoni
Citation:
(Bonaparte, 1850)
Reference:
Consp.Gen.Av. 1, p. 368
Protonym:
Glaucopis wilsoni
Avibase ID:
ED48C6593A053253
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/ED48C659
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 729258
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (as published): Callaeas cinerea wilsoni [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Callaeas cinerea wilsoni [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Callaeas cinerea wilsoni [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Callaeas cinerea wilsoni [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Callaeas cinerea wilsoni [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Callaeas cinerea wilsoni [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Callaeas cinerea wilsoni [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition: Callaeas cinereus wilsoni [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Callaeas cinereus wilsoni [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Callaeas cinereus wilsoni [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Callaeas cinereus wilsoni [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Callaeas cinereus wilsoni [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Callaeas cinereus wilsoni [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Callaeas cinereus wilsoni [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Callaeas cinereus wilsoni [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Callaeas cinereus wilsoni [version 1] |
Clements, version 2015: North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2016: North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2017: North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2018: North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2019: North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.50: Kokako (North Island) ( Callaeas cinereus wilsoni) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.52: Kokako (North Island) ( Callaeas cinereus wilsoni) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.53: Kokako (North Island) ( Callaeas cinereus wilsoni) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.54: Kokako (North Island) ( Callaeas cinereus wilsoni) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.55: Kokako (North Island) ( Callaeas cinereus wilsoni) [version 1] |
eBird version 2015: North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
eBird version 2016: North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
eBird version 2017: North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
eBird version 2018: North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
eBird version 2019: North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Callaeas cinerea wilsoni [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Callaeas cinereus wilsoni [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Callaeas cinereus wilsoni [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Callaeas cinereus wilsoni [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Callaeas cinereus wilsoni [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Callaeas cinereus wilsoni [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Callaeas cinereus wilsoni [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Callaeas cinereus wilsoni [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Callaeas cinereus wilsoni [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Callaeas cinereus wilsoni [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: North Island Kokako ( Callaeas wilsoni) [version 1] |
James Lee Peters (original): Callaeas cinerea wilsoni [version 1] |
James Lee Peters (2nd edition): Callaeas cinerea wilsoni [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Callaeas wilsoni [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Callaeas [cinereus or wilsoni]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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