He called it the Caledonian parrot as he assumed ( incorrectly ) it came from New Caledonia .
English naturalist John Latham saw it there and wrote about the green rosella in his 1780s work A General Synopsis of Birds .
John Latham called it the Caledonian parrot as John Latham assumed ( incorrectly ) it came from New Caledonia .
English naturalist John Latham saw it there and wrote about the green rosella in his 1780s work A General Synopsis of Birds .