It was left to German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin to describe the species , which he did as Psittacus caledonicus in the 13th edition of Systema Naturae in 1788 .
Latham did not give them binomial names , however .
It was left to German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin to describe the species , which Latham did as Psittacus caledonicus in the 13th edition of Systema Naturae in 1788 .
Latham did not give them binomial names , however .