Extinct and endangered (‘ E & E’) birds in the ornithological collection of the Museum of Zoology of Torino University, Italy
Author
Ghiraldi, Luca
Author
Aimassi, Giorgio
text
Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club
2019
2019-03-15
139
1
28
45
journal article
298440
10.25226/bboc.v139i1.2019.a2
27f5c2ae-1d4d-4f0e-b33a-13620b3d69df
2513-9894
11637476
SOUTH
ISLAND
KOKAKO
Callaeas cinereus
CR
Glaucopis cinerea
J. F. Gmelin, 1788
MZUT
AV3585; previously mounted; unsexed;
New Zealand
, no date; purchased by
A. Caffer
in Rio de Janeiro in 1839.
MZUT
AV16330; previously mounted; unsexed;
New Zealand
, 1843.
Remarks
.—
Hume & Walters (2012)
treated this species as extinct. In 1839–40 Antonio Caffer, assistant to the Royal Zoological Museum of Torino, embarked on the frigate
Regina
for a journey around the globe. A storm near the
Falkland Islands
seriously damaged the ship, which was forced to return first to
Rio de Janeiro
,
Brazil
, where Caffer purchased about 2,400 zoological specimens, and then to Genova (
Mottin & Casolino 1999
).