Keywords: A history of the birds of New Zealand (5692703951).jpg Order PSITTACI <br> Yam STKINGOPID <br> STEINGOPS HABROPTILUS <br> OWL PARROT <br> Strigops habro tilus Gray P Z S 1847 p 62 <br> Stringops hahroptilus Van der Hoeven Handb Zool ii p 466 1856 <br> Strigopsis hahroptilus Bonap Consp Gen Av i p 8 1850 <br> Strir/omis JiahroBtihis Schl Mns Pavs-Bas Psittaci r 107 1864 <br> Varieties <br> r <br> Strigops greyi Gray Ibis 1862 p 230 <br> Stringops grep Finsch Papag i p 253 1867 <br> Native names <br> Kakapo and Tarepo; Ground-Parrot of the colonists <br> Ad viridis plumis pilei dorsique medialiter pallide flavidis irregulariter nigricanti-brimneo transfasciatis et <br> transvermiculatis ; uropygii plumis Isetius viridescentibus loris plumisque rictum obtectentibus pallide <br> fulvescenti-brunneis medialiter albicantibus regione auriculari brunnea racliidibus plumarum fulve- <br> scentibus facie laterali brunnea plumis medialiter late flavicantibus remigibus nigricanti-brunneis <br> primariis extus et intixs flavicante maculatis secundariis irregulariter flavido fasciatim variis et extus <br> olivasccnti-viridi lavatis cauda olivascerLti-brunne ubique nigricante fasciolata subtiis magis flavicans <br> viridi lavatus abdomine puriiis flavicante pectoris plumis pauUo nigricante variis hypochondriis magis <br> conspicue fasciatis subalaribus olivascenti-flavis obscure brunneo fasciatis subalaribus flavicantibus <br> minoribus nigro variis rostro flavicanti-albido ad basin saturatiore pedibus flavicanti-brunneis <br> unguibus saturatioribus <br> Adult General colour of the upper surface dark sap-green brighter on the wings and lower part of back <br> and largely varied with dark brown and yellow; on their under surface the feathers of these parts are <br> light verditer-green towards the tip with a fine metallic lustre j on the crown and nape the centre of <br> each feather is blackish brown with a narrow shaft-line of dirty yellow and a broad terminal band of <br> dull green ; on the back rump and upper surface of the wings each feather is silvery brown at the <br> base pale lemon-yellow beyond changing to sap-green on the sides and towards the tip and crossed by <br> numerous broken bars and vermiculations of dark brown ; on the anterior portion of the back these bars <br> are regular and distinct but on the other parts they are interrupted by a broad shaft-line of lemon- <br> yellow These details of colouring however can only be observed when the plumage is disturbed the <br> general eff'ect on the surface being as already described The feathers at the base of the upper mandible <br> lores sides of face and feathers projecting over the lower mandible dull yellowish brown with darker <br> filaments; ear-coverts darker brown mixed with yellow; fore neck breast and sides of the body yel- <br> lowish sap-green varied with pale yellow and brown the distribution of colouring on each individual <br> feather being the same as on the upper parts but with more yellow down the shaft ; lower part of <br> abdomen thighs and under tail-coverts light greenish yellow the longer coverts obscurely barred with <br> bght brown; lining of wings pale lemon-yellow blotched and streaked with dark brown; primaries <br> dark brown largely toothed on their outer webs with dull lemon-yellow and on their inner with paler ; <br> J <br> – J <br> A <br> I <br> k <br> <br> T <br> \ 34478700 107281 50671 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/34478700 1873 10 5962/bhl title 50671 Buller Walter Lawry; Keulemans J G NameFound Isetius viridescentibus NameFound Strigops NameConfirmed Strigops EOLID 39467 NameBankID 2473845 NameFound Strigops greyi NameFound Strigopsis NameConfirmed Strigopsis NameBankID 4356077 NameFound Stringops NameConfirmed Stringops NameBankID 23368 Biodiversity Heritage Library IUCN Red List Endangered and Critically Endangered Species Collection TWITTER POSTS Encyclopedia of Life Images taxonomy common kakapo taxonomy binomial Stringops habroptilus SpeciesOfTheDay taxonomy binomial stringops habroptilus speciesoftheday Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2011-05-06 PD-old-70-1923 A History of the Birds of New Zealand by Buller Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script Files from the Biodiversity Heritage Library released as Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike |