Nagamichi Kuroda

{{Short description|Japanese ornithologist}}

{{Expand Japanese|topic=bio|黒田長礼|date=May 2024}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Nagamichi Kuroda

| image = Kuroda Nagamichi.jpg

| native_name = 黒田 長礼

| native_name_lang = ja

| birth_date = {{birth date|1889|11|24}}

| birth_place = Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture, Empire of Japan

| death_date = {{death date and age|1978|04|16|1889|11|24}}

| education = Doctor of Science, Tokyo Imperial University

| occupation = Ornithologist

}}

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{{Nihongo|Nagamichi Kuroda|黒田 長礼|Kuroda Nagamichi|extra=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.BirdLife International (2007) Species factsheet: Tadorna cristata. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 25 December 2007

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.