Species profile
Huia
Heteralocha acutirostris
Quick answer
Neomorpha acutirostris Gould, 1837 MZUT AV 13749; mount; adult male; New Zealand, no date; from G. A. Frank, in 1847. MZUT AV 14030; mount; adult female; New Zealand, no date; from G. A. Frank, in 1847. Remarks. — Salvadori (1915) only mentioned specimen no. 547 (MZUT AV 13749), specifying that Torino museum purchased it in 1847 from Gustav Adolph Frank (1808 – 80), a dealer in natural history items and books in Amsterdam. Elter (1986) reported both specimens.
- Scientific name
- Heteralocha acutirostris
- Family
- Callaeatidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Heteralocha
- Conservation status
- Extinct
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