Nagamichi Kuroda Explained

Nagamichi Kuroda
Native Name:	黒田 長礼
Native Name Lang:	ja
Birth Date:	24 November 1889
Birth Place:	Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture, Empire of Japan
Education:	Doctor of Science, Tokyo Imperial University
Occupation:	Ornithologist

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

• Book: Ripley, Sidney Dillon. Sidney Dillon Ripley

. Sidney Dillon Ripley. A Paddling of Ducks. 1st. 1957. New York. Harcourt, Brace and Company.

Notes and References

1. BirdLife International (2007) Species factsheet: Tadorna cristata. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 25 December 2007
2. Kuroda, N. 1953. On the skeletons of Puffinus nativitatus and Pagodroma nivea. Tori 13: 50–67.
3. Kuroda, N. 1983. Some osteological notes on Procellariiformes. Tori 32:41–61.
4. Book: Kuroda. N. A bibliography of the duck tribe, Anatidae, mostly from 1926 to 1940, exclusive of that of Dr. Phillips's work. Herald Press.