Nagamichi Kuroda
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.
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.
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
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)[2]
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2007) Species factsheet: Tadorna cristata. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 25 December 2007
- ^ 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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