Nagamichi Kuroda (黒田 長礼, Kuroda Nagamichi, 24 November 1889 – 16 April 1978) was a Japanese ornithologist. His works included Birds of the Island of Java (2 Volumes, 1933–36) and Parrots of the World in Life Colours (1975). He described the crested shelduck in 1917.[1]
He also worked on the distinction between the auks and petrels and the special characteristics of shearwaters that foraged underwater.[2][3]
Family
- Father: Kuroda Nagashige (1867–1939)
- Mother: Shimazu Kiyoko
- Wife: Princess Kan'in Shigeko (1897–1991)
- Children (all by Kan’in Shigeko):
- Kuroda Nagahisa (1916–2009)
- Masako married Maeda Toshitatsu
- Mitsuko married Yamauchi Toyoaki
- Shizuko married Mitsuo Mansho (1927–2018)
List of books available in English
- Birds of the Island of Java (1933)
- Passeres (1933)
A bibliography of the duck tribe, Anatidae, mostly from 1926 to 1940, exclusive of that of Dr. Phillips's work (1942)[4]
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2007) Species factsheet: Tadorna cristata. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 25 December 2007
- ^ Kuroda, N. 1953. On the skeletons of Puffinus nativitatus and Pagodroma nivea. Tori 13: 50–67.
- ^ Kuroda, N. 1983. Some osteological notes on Procellariiformes. Tori 32:41–61.
- ^ Kuroda, N. A bibliography of the duck tribe, Anatidae, mostly from 1926 to 1940, exclusive of that of Dr. Phillips's work. Herald Press.
- Ripley, Sidney Dillon (1957). A Paddling of Ducks (1st ed.). New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company.
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