Nagamichi Kuroda

Nagamichi Kuroda (Japanese黒 田 长 礼; * November 24, 1889 in Tokyo, † April 16, 1978 ) was a Japanese ornithologist.

Kuroda is a descendant of the daimyo of the fief Fukuoka, which was founded in 1600 by Kuroda Nagamasa. He was already in his childhood interest in bird watching. On the grounds of his family was a large duck pond, where thousands gathered annually wild ducks.

Kuroda was first formed at Gakushuin University and during his zoology studies at the Imperial University of Tokyo (now the University of Tokyo), he visited Korea in 1916, where he gained one of the last copies of the now probably extinct Schopfkasarka. In 1917 he wrote the first scientific description of the Art In the aftermath Kuroda made ​​numerous trips to the Ogasawara Islands, Daitō Islands and the Ryukyu Islands and explored where the bird world. About his research on the Ryukyu he wrote his 1924 doctoral thesis. After the death of his father in 1939 he inherited the family estate and was awarded the noble title of a Kōshaku. From 1947 to 1963 was President Kuroda Japanese Ornithological Society.

Kuroda was one of the most prominent ornithologists of Japan in the 20th century. He has written numerous scientific articles on birds and mammals in prestigious international journals such as the Bulletin of the British Ornithologists ' Club. To Kuroda standard works include Birds of the Iceland of Java ( 2 vols, 1933-36 ), Passeres (1933 ) and Parrots of the World in Life Colours (1975).

Nagamichi Kuroda's son Nagahisa (1916-2009) was also a well-known ornithologist.