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In 1955 the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) ruled that the genus name Strigops was feminine. [13] Based on this ruling many ornithologists used the form Strigops habroptila but in 2023 James L. Savage and Andrew Digby argued that under the current ICZN rules the specific epithet should be habroptilus. [14]
(Strigops habroptilus) Critically endangered [7] Large rotund parrots 58–64 cm (23–25 in) long; males are larger than females and weigh 2–4 kg (4.5–9 lb) at maturity. Mostly green with brown and yellow mottled barring, the underparts being greenish-yellow. Its face is pale and owl-like. [8] New Zealand: Maud, Chalky, Codfish and Anchor ...
The mainland species are the kea (Nestor notabilis), the New Zealand kākā (Nestor meridionalis), the kākāpō (Strigops habroptilus), and three species of kākāriki: the yellow-crowned parakeet (Cyanoramphus auriceps), the red-crowned parakeet (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae) and the orange-fronted parakeet (Cyanoramphus malherbi).
The New Zealand parrot family, Strigopidae, [1] consists of at least three genera of parrots – Nestor, Strigops, the fossil Nelepsittacus, [2] [3] and probably the fossil Heracles. [4] The genus Nestor consists of the kea, kākā, Norfolk kākā and Chatham kākā, [5] [6] while the genus Strigops contains the iconic kākāpō. [5]
Date: 17 June 2007: Source: Own work based on: Kakapohist.png by James Dignan NZ Locator Blank.svg by Ozhiker Miller, Hilary C. (2003). "Minisatellite DNA profiling detects lineages and parentage in the endangered Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) despite low microsatellite DNA variation".
Richard Henry kākāpō held by Merton, Codfish Island / Whenua Hou, November 2010.Richard Henry spent the past 35 years on four predatory-mammal-free islands. Named after Richard Treacy Henry the pioneer conservationist, and from 1894 to 1910, custodian of Resolution Island, New Zealand he was the last known survivor of his species from mainland New Zealand and was believed to be more than ...
It’s louder than a flightless kakapo’s mating call, which reaches 130 decibels, and an elephant, which can up to 125 decibels with their trunks, according to museum officials.
I notice that David and Gosselin (2002) in their article cited above state that habroptilus is an adjective on p. 273 and list Strigops habroptila on p. 181. The IOC is not alone in using habroptila. All major taxonomic lists appear to use the feminine form of the epithet: Dickinson & Remsen (2013) H&M4 Vol 1 p 353 have Strigops habroptila. The ...