South Island Kokako

SCI Name:  Callaeas cinereus
Protonym:  Glaucopis cinerea Syst.Nat. 1 pt1 p.363
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Callaeidae / Callaeas
Taxonomy Code:  kokako4
Type Locality:  New Zealand.
Author:  Gmelin, JF
Publish Year:  1788
IUCN Status:  Critically Endangered

DEFINITIONS

CALLAEAS
(Callaeidae; Ϯ South Island Kokako C. cinereus) Gr. καλλαια kallaia  cock’s wattles; the North Island Kokako C. wilsoni has blue wattles at the base of the bill, but the wattles of the extinct South Island Kokako were orange; "23. CALLAEAS (great Wattle bird of N. Zeeland). Rostrum incurvatum, fornicatum: Paleare carunculaceum: lingua lacera, ciliata." (J. R. Forster 1788); "Callaeas Forster, 1788 (March 27), Enchiridion, p. 35. Type, by monotypy, Great Wattle Bird of New Zealand = Glaucopis cinerea Gmelin." (Amadon in Peters, 1962, XV, p. 157). 
Var. Calloeas.
Synon. Glaucopis.

callaeas
Gr. καλλαια kallaia  cock’s wattles.
● "CRYPTORHINA.  ...  5. C. Callaeas.  Unicolor ardesiaco-cinerea, capistro nigro; palea utrinque ad mandibulae basin, margine rotundata, flava, macula basi coerulea notata; rostro pedibusque nigris; cauda cuneata.  Callaeas cinerea Forst. Icon. inedit. t. 52. (fig. opt.)  Id. Enchirid. Hist. nat. inserv. p. 35.  Mus. Lev. 1. p. 239. cum fig. mala.  Lath. Synops. 1. t. 14.  Glaucopis cinerea Gmel." (Wagler 1827) (syn. Callaeas cinereus).
● ex “Vanellus ludovicianus armatus” of Brisson 1760, and “Vanneau armé de la Louisiane” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 835 (syn. Vanellus miles).

cinereum / cinereus
L. cinereus  ash-grey, ash-coloured  < cinis, cineris  ashes.
● ex “Cinereous or Ash-coloured Vulture” of Willughby 1676, and Latham 1781, “Vultur cinereus” of Ray 1713, “Vultur fusco-nigricans” of Brisson 1760, and “Vautour” or “Grand Vautour” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 425, and de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Aegypius monachus).
● ex “Maracana” of Willughby 1676, “Maracana Brasiliensibus” of Ray 1713, “Psittacus brasiliensis cinereus” of Brisson 1760, and “Cinereous Parrot” of Latham 1781 (?syn. Anodorhynchus glaucus).
● ex “Gobe-mouche roux de Cayenne” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Attila rufus).
● ex “Falco freti Hudsonis” of Brisson 1760, “Faucon de la Baie d’Hudson” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Ash-coloured Buzzard” of Latham 1781 (syn. Buteo buteo).
● ex “Cinereous Wattle-bird” of Latham 1781 (Callaeas).
● ex “Ash-bellied Humming-bird” of Latham 1782 (syn. Campylopterus largipennis).
● ex “Gavilan del campo ceniciento” of de Azara 1802-1805, nos.32, 33 (Circus).
● ex “Grive de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 515 (?Cotinga sp.).
● ex “Tinamou cendré” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Cinereous Tinamou” of Latham 1785 (Crypturellus).
● ex “Cotinga Cendré” of Levaillant 1801 (syn. Lipaugus vociferans).
● ex “Wax-billed Barbet” of Latham, 1782 (syn. Monasa niger).
● (Boddaert 1783) ex “Manakin cendré de Cayenne” (= ♂) of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 687, fig. 1, and “Oiseau cendré de la Guyane” of de Buffon 1770-1785 (syn. Pachyramphus rufus).
● (J. Gmelin 1789) ex “Cinereous Manakin” of Latham 1783 (syn. Pachyramphus rufus).
● ex “Mésange Grise au Joue Blanche” of Levaillant 1804, pl. 139, fig. 2 (Parus).
● ex “Oiseaux grises” or “Oies de plein” of Pernety 1769, “Race horse Duck” of Pernety 1771, and “Loggerhead Goose” of Latham 1785 (syn. Tachyeres brachypterus).
● ex “Grey and Yellow Flycatcher” of Edwards 1751 (Todirostrum).
● "57. MEROPS.  ...  cinereus.  3. M. rubro flavoque variegatus, subtus flavo-rubescens, rectricibus duabus longissimis rubris.  Avicula de gvauheilui [= Quauhcilui]. Seb. mus. I. p. 50. t. 30. f. 10.  Habitat in America." (Linnaeus 1758) (unident.; nom. dub.)
● (Forster 1781) ex “Merula Indica cinerea” of Brisson 1760 (unident.).
● (J. Gmelin 1789) ex “Merula Indica cinerea” of Brisson 1760, “Merle cendré des Indes” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Ash-coloured Thrush” of Latham 1783 (unident.).