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The extant type specimens of birds from New Zealand and the Society Islands collected on Cook’s second voyage and described by Anders Sparrman in Museum Carlsonianum (1786-1789)

  • Publication Type

    Journal Article

  • Publication Year

    2004

  • Author(s)

    D.G. Medway

  • Journal Name

    Notornis

  • Volume, Issue

    51, 3

  • Pagination

    131-135

  • Article Type

    paper

Keywords

Cook’ extant type specimens; Museum Carlsonianum; New Zealand; s second voyage; Society Islands; Sparrman


The extant type specimens of birds from New Zealand and the Society Islands collected on Cook’s second voyage and described by Anders Sparrman in Museum Carlsonianum (1786-1789)

Notornis, 51 (3), 131-135

D.G. Medway (2004)

Article Type: paper

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Specimens of 12 species of birds from New Zealand and the Society Islands collected during Cook’s second voyage round the world (1772-1775) were described and illustrated by Anders Sparrman in Museum Carlsonianum (1786-1789). The Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm holds six specimens considered to be type specimens of some of those species. However, documentation discussed here indicates only three, spotted shag (Stictocarbo punctatus) and red-crowned parakeet (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae novaezelandiae) from New Zealand, and Tahiti lorikeet (Vini peruviana) from the Society Islands, are type specimens.