Cacatua Pastinator Bird

English Name:  Western Corella
Latin Name:  Cacatua pastinator
Protonym:  Licmetis pastinator Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1840) (1840), Pt8 no.95 p.175
Taxonomy:  Psittaciformes / Cacatuidae / Cacatua
Taxonomy Code:  wescor1
Type Locality:  Western Australia.
Author:  Gould
Publish Year:  1841
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CACATUA
(Cacatuidae; Ϯ White-crested Cockatoo C. alba) Malay names Kakatúa or Kakak-túa for the cockatoos. The origin of the Malay name is unclear; kakatuwah  vice, alludes to the powerful bill; "older sister" from kakak  sister + tua old, for its noisy sororal behaviour; “KAKATOÈS, Cacatua, Briss.; Psittacus, Lath.  ...  Les noms kakatoès, cacatou, cacacoua, sont dérivés du cri des espèces à plumage blanc, les seules qui fussent connues de Brisson et de Buffon; elles habitent principalement les îles de l'Océan indien, telles que les Moluques, les Philippines, celles de la Sonde et de la mer Pacifique.   ...   Le KAKATOËS BANKSIEN, Cacatua banksii, Vieill.; Psittacus banksii, Lath.   ...   Le KAKATOËS A BEC COULEUR DE CHAIR, Cacatua Philippinarum, Vieill.; Psittacus Philippinarum, Lath., Buff.   ...   Le KAKATOËS A HUPPE BLANCHE, Cacatua cristata, Vieill.; Psittacus cristatus, Lath.   ...   Le KAKATOËS A HUPPE JAUNE, Cacatua sulphurea, Vieill.; Psittacus sulphureus, Lath.   ...   Le KAKATOËS A HUPPE ROUGE, Cacatua rosacea, Vieill.; Psittacus rosaceus, Lath.; Psittacus moluccensis, Gmel.   ...   Le KAKATOËS JING-WOS, Cacatua galerita, Vieill.; Psittacus galeritus, Lath.  ...  se trouve aussi à la Chine, où elle porte le nom de Jing-wos (oiseau qui parle)   ...   Le KAKATOËS A TÊTE ROSE, Cacatua roseicapilla, Vieill.   ...   Le KAKATOËS A TÊTE ROUGE, Cacatua galeata, Vieill.; Psittacus galeatus, Lath.” (Vieillot 1817); "Cacatua Vieillot, Nouv. Dict. d'Hist. Nat. vol. xvii. p. 6, Dec. 27th, 1817: new name for Plyctolophus Vieillot." (Mathews 1927, 312); "CACATUA Vieillot, 1817  F — Cacatua cristata, 1817; type by subsequent designation (Salvadori, 1891, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 20, pp. 115, 124). = Psittacus albus Statius Müller, 1776." (Dickinson & Remsen (eds.) 2013, 354).
Synon. Cacatoes, Cacatus, Camptolophus, Ducorpsius, Eucacatua, Kakatoe, Licmetis, Lophochroa, Plissolophus, Plyctolophus.

pastinator
L. pastinator, pastinatoris  trench digger  < pastinare  to dig  < pastinum  garden-fork.

SUBSPECIES

Western Corella (derbyi)
Latin Name: Cacatua pastinator derbyi
derbyana / derbyanus / derbyi / derbyii
● Derby, West Kimberley, Western Australia (syn. Anhinga novaehollandiae, syn. Ardeotis australis, subsp. Artamus minor, subsp. Cacatua pastinator, syn. Eolophus roseicapilla kuhli, syn. Myzomela erythrocephala, syn. Poecilodryas cerviniventris).
● Edward Smith Stanley 13th Earl of Derby (1775-1851) English zoologist, founder of Knowsley Menagerie (Eriocnemis, subsp. Nyctidromus albicollis) (see also derbianus).

Western Corella (pastinator)
Latin Name: Cacatua pastinator pastinator
pastinator
L. pastinator, pastinatoris  trench digger  < pastinare  to dig  < pastinum  garden-fork.