A review of the origin, European discovery, and first descriptions of the red shining-parrot (Prosopeia t. tabuensis) on 'Eua, Kingdom of Tonga | Notornis and Birds New Zealand

Notornis

Medway, DG¹ 

关键词: Cook’s voyages;    first descriptions;    origin of population;    Prosopeia t. tabuensis;    red shining-parrot;    Tonga;    type specimens;    ’Eua;   

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学科分类：动物科学

来源: Ornithological Society of New Zealand Inc.

【 摘 要 】

Evidence from Cook’s voyages supports the late prehistoric human introduction of the red shining-parrot (Prosopeia tabuensis tabuensis) from Fiji into the Tongatapu group, Kingdom of Tonga. It appears that a wild population of red shining-parrots was established on ’Eua by the time of Cook’s visits to the Tongatapu group in the 1770s. Latham used specimens obtained at ’Eua in 1777 for the 1st published description of the species. However, the correct type locality of the taxon is Fiji. A red shining-parrot specimen used by Latham is in the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna. It is 1 of the few bird specimens that survive from Cook’s voyages.

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