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CALLAEIDAE - Wattlebirds (3:4)
CALLAEAS J.R. Forster, 1788 M - Great Wattle Bird of New Zealand; type by monotypy = Glaucopsis cinerea J.F. Gmelin, 1788  1
Callaeas wilsoni 2  (Bonaparte, 1850) North Island Kokako
North Island (New Zealand)
Callaeas cinereus 3  (J.F. Gmelin, 1788) South Island Kokako
vSouth Island, Stewart I. (New Zealand)
PHILESTURNUS I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1832 M - Sturnus carunculatus J.F. Gmelin, 1789; type by monotypy   4
Philesturnus carunculatus Saddleback
rufusater (Lesson, 1828)5 vNorth Island (New Zealand)
carunculatus (J.F. Gmelin, 1789) vSouth Island, Stewart I. (New Zealand)
HETERALOCHA Cabanis, 1851 F - Neomorpha gouldi G.R. Gray, 1841; type by original designation = Neomorpha acutirostris Gould, 1837  6
Heteralocha acutirostris   (Gould, 1837) Huia
vNorth Island (New Zealand)
1 As stated by David & Gosselin (2002) [David, 2002 #1125] the name Callaeas was not, when first used, combined with a species-group name, and is thus masculine. It's grammatical gender is covered by Art. 30.1.4.2 of the Code (I.C.Z.N., 1999) [I.C.Z.N., 1999 #2059].
2 For elevation to species rank based morphological distinctness; see Higgins et al. (2006) [Higgins, 2006 #13593] and Murphy et al. (2006) [Murphy, 2006 #9985].
3 For correction of spelling see David & Gosselin (2002) [David, 2002 #1125].
4 This name conserved in preference to Creadion; see I.C.Z.N. (2011) [I.C.Z.N., 2011 #12806].
5 For treatment at species rank; see Scofield (2009) [Scofield, 2009 #12260] and Gill et al. (2010) [Gill, 2010 #12348].
6 For validation of this name see Opinion 514 (I.C.Z.N. 1958) [I.C.Z.N., 1958 #9639].
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