Martin, I would think the dear old
HBW (no longer
Alive)
Key had him as Peter Hocking, as James, in the
Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names (2010), quoted Fraser 2006, for the
Aratinga taxon. See
attached excerpt, ... but who knows, much has happened since.
Either way, I think you're looking at the proper
Peter 'Pedro'
Hocking (born 1938). As his Parents (apparently) were from the US, I assume his Given name was/is Peter, (even if) born in Peru, where he was (and possibly/most likely still is?) known as Pedro (and certainly so among local Peruvians, and other Spanish-talking folks). With Parents who were "
misioneros estadounidenses" (American missionaries) I would be very surprised if his baptismal (first, Christian) name wasn't Peter.
I have also seen both versions of Hocking's First given name (Peter
vs Pedro) in various Papers. For example/s; see Ornitología Neotropical 13, (4), from 2000, introducing "
Pyrrhura peruviana,
sp. nov. Hocking
[himself], Blake and Joseph", on pp. 356-357 (
here). He's also listed, as "Peter Hocking", in the long List of Acknowledgements (among many, many other ornithologists, on p.9) in
Birds of Peru (Revised and Updated Edition, 2010,
here).
By the way, Thomas Arndt's Paper (of 2005/2006), with the OD of
Psittacara hockingi, is accessible, in full, on
ResearchGate, uploaded by Arndt himself (
here).
In 2014 Hocking (under his Spanish name
Pedro J. Hocking Weeks) wrote a piece on;
Criptoaves del Perú, in Boletín UNOP (
Unión de Ornitólogos del Perú), Vol. 9 (3),
here. Also used in the following issue (vol 10,
here). As a sign of how well-known he (and his Spanish First name) has become, among Peruvian naturalists, he even got yet another new species of "his own"; an ichneumon wasp
Alophophion pedroi ALVARADO 2015 (
here).
However; I think that Irma Franke's phrase (from the 2015 blog): "
Aunque su formación no fue científica, la contribución de Peter Joseph Hocking Weeks, o Pedro Hocking como es conocido en Lima, ..." indicates, to me, that his Original name ought to have been Peter Joseph Hocking (
Weeks is most likely his Mother's Maiden name, added in the Spanish tradition), "
o Pedro Hocking como es conocido en Lima" (or Pedro Hocking as he is known in Lima). To me (thanks to
Google Translate) ... it all make sense.
For whatever that is worth.
If
Weeks anyway, anyhow, does belong in his full true name (as being born in Peru, and there possibly registered as such?) I cannot tell. See for example
here (bottom p.1+), or
here (No.21).
In any case; he is
not to confuse with the Australian Botanist Peter J. Hocking, Department of Botany, University of Western Australia.
Good luck untangling the last pieces!
Björn
PS. Also see
here (all in Spanish!). If relevant?
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