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Which 25 birds of north america genuses are Tautonyms...

Any guess?

And if you dont know what that means then look it up!

Garrett

But if your really good... What 82 birds in the world have genuses that are tautonyms!

In South-East Asia:

1. Coturnix coturnix
2. Gallus gallus
3. Anser anser
4. Tadorna tadorna
5. Bubo bubo
6. Grus grus
7. Crex crex
8. Porzana prozana
9. Gallinago gallinago
10. Limosa limosa
11. Himantopus himantopus
12. Vanellus vanellus
13. Buteo buteo
14. Nycticorax nyxticirax
15. Ciconia ciconia
16. Sula sula
17. Pica pica
18. Temnurus temnurus
19. Cinclus cinclus
20. Troglodytes troglodytes
21. Regulus regulus
22. Amandava amandava

(slow day at work)))

On behalf of pedants everywhere, shouldn't it be 'genera'?

"On behalf of pedants everywhere, shouldn't it be 'genera'?"

And on behalf of those who do not have good search engines but wish to cheat :-

http://www.birdwatching.com/tips/tautonyms.html


Regards

Malky

i don't wish to cheat, i can add a few more though
perdix perdix
lagapus lagapus
puffinus puffinus
Coccothraustes coccothraustes
oenathne oenathne
apus apus
milvus milvus
cygnus cygnus

and of course jacana jacana

I've seen four:

Pipra pipra
Galbula galbula
Jacana jacana
Nycticorax nycticorax

They are:
Southern Cassowary Casuarius casuarius
Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus
Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
Red-footed Booby Sula sula
Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
White Stork Ciconia ciconia
Coscoroba Swan Coscoroba coscoroba
Greylag Goose Anser anser
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
Red Kite Milvus milvus
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
Trinidad Piping-Guan Pipile pipile
Alagoas Curassow Mitu mitu
Helmeted Curassow Pauxi pauxi
Snow Partridge Lerwa lerwa
Gray Partridge Perdix perdix
Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus
Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
White Eared-Pheasant Crossoptilon crossoptilon
Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus
Corn Crake Crex crex
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
Common Crane Grus grus
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax
Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
Dovekie Alle alle
Mascarene Parrot Mascarinus mascarinus
Guira Cuckoo Guira guira
Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
Common Swift Apus apus
Amazilia Hummingbird Amazilia amazilia
Bronzy Inca Coeligena coeligena
Sword-billed Hummingbird Ensifera ensifera
White-backed Mousebird Colius colius
Jamaican Tody Todus todus
Green-tailed Jacamar Galbula galbula
Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
Suiriri Flycatcher Suiriri suiriri
Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
Purple-throated Cotinga Porphyrolaema porphyrolaema
Purple-breasted Cotinga Cotinga cotinga
Guianan Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola rupicola
White-bearded Manakin Manacus manacus
White-crowned Manakin Pipra pipra
Southern Tchagra Tchagra tchagra
Ratchet-tailed Treepie Temnurus temnurus
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Black-billed Magpie Pica pica
Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
Eurasian Golden-Oriole Oriolus oriolus
Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
Goldcrest Regulus regulus
Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
Lafresnaye's Vanga Xenopirostris xenopirostris
Blue-backed Tanager Cyanicterus cyanicterus
Common Diuca-Finch Diuca diuca
Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Austral Blackbird Curaeus curaeus
Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
Troupial Icterus icterus
European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
European Serin Serinus serinus
Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Canary-winged Finch Melanodera melanodera
Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Rock Petronia Petronia petronia
Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
Red Avadavat Amandava amandava

P.S I cheated :king:

I've seen about 33 of those, which when compared with jacamar's total shows (i think) which part of the world taxonomists started classifying first.

Does anyone know why some genera contain species with tautonymous names and some do not?? (genuine question there, not a quiz!)

Seen about 35, mostly Old World though.

photo_luver said:

Which 25 birds of north america genuses are Tautonyms...

Any guess?

And if you dont know what that means then look it up!

Garrett

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the fat one

22 for me...

36 for me, obviously need to go to South America!

These ones were seen last time I went out birding on Sunday
Anser anser
Cygnus cygnus
Tadorna tadorna
Histrionicus histrionicus
Limosa limosa
Gallinago gallinago

E

about 59

Tim

Think Tim's got the beating of most of us, that's world birders for you, lol!
having said that, hoary-headed grebe is the first one on the list that i've seen.

Does anyone have an answer for my question though??

James Lowther said:

Does anyone know why some genera contain species with tautonymous names and some do not?? (genuine question there, not a quiz!)

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