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leadbeater1|ˈlɛdbiːtə(r)| The name of Benjamin Leadbeater, 19th-c. English naturalist, used absol. and in the possessive to designate a pink Australian cockatoo, Kakatoe leadbeateri, named after him in 1831 by N. A. Vigors (Phil. Mag. X. 55). In full, Leadbeater's cockatoo.
1848J. Gould Birds Austral. V. 2 (heading) Leadbeater's Cockatoo. 1890‘Lyth’ Golden South xiv. 127 The birds are very beautiful—the Blue Mountain and Lowrie parrots,..lead-beater, and snow-white cockatoos. 1900Daily News 10 Feb. 7/2 The foreign birds are many, and include Amazon and grey parrots, lead-beaters, rose cockatoos, [etc.]. 1973A. H. Lendon Cayley's Austral. Parrots 89 Pink Cockatoo... Synonyms. Major Mitchell Cockatoo, Leadbeater's Cockatoo, [etc.]. |