Ko te tauira i muri i ngaro i roto i te kaipuke, engari he peita i tapaina ko Mérion leucoptère e Jacques Arago ora, a arahina ki te whakaahuatanga o te manu i roto i 1824 e French ornithologist Charles Dumont de Sainte-Croix. I huaina te ingoa mo te momo i ahu mai i te Kariki Tawhito leuko- "ma" me te pteron "parirau". He mea whakamiharo, ko te tauira taketake o te pango-plumaged subspecies i Dirk Hartogtida, e kore i tuhia hoki 80 tau. I roto i te wa o Louis de Freycinet haerenga a tawhio noa te tonga hemisphere. I muri mai i te tuatahi o enei tau, ko te tauira i ngaro i roto i te kaipuke, engari i muri i te whakaahuatanga o te momo i kitea e rua momo rerekē i roto i te rohe i mua i te mea i whakaahuatia e nga tohunga o te National Museum of Victoria i roto i te tau 1934, i te mea i whakaahuatia e te ingoa o tenei momo i rite ma-whero-whero-whero-wh
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