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Bird Name Etymology (4 Viewers)

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Understanding, Translating & Decrypting Scientific and Common Bird Names
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Etymological study of Catalan birds
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Acrocephalus
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Desk clean!
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Giles's Santa Marta Screech Owl
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Reichenowia
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Colonel Pike's invalid "Slender billed Tern" alt. ditto Arctic Tern
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Björn Bergenholtz
Mr. Leighton Hare and "his" South African birds
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Mr. Payes's alt. Monsieur Payès's (African) Little Bittern Let´s have a look at yet
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Björn Bergenholtz
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Prince Albert's Paradise Bird
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Björn Bergenholtz
Björn Bergenholtz
Some Naval eponyms after 3 young men (among others) lost at Sea
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l_raty
l_raty
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Major Dyott's invalid Gannet and ditto Riflebird
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Björn Bergenholtz
Björn Bergenholtz
Dr. Königswald's (Tawny-browed) Owl and invalid Woodcreeper
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Björn Bergenholtz
Björn Bergenholtz
Fleck's (Senegal) Coucal and "his" Cape Crombec
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Paul Clapham
Paul Clapham
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Elisabeth's Glossy-Starling
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Taphrospilus
Taphrospilus
Björn Bergenholtz
Marchese Gerini's Woodpecker ... in Italian
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Doctor Corrie's invalid Fruit-Dove
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mb1848
Björn Bergenholtz
James's Sharp-tailed Grouse
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Björn Bergenholtz
Björn Bergenholtz
Björn Bergenholtz
Louisa's Somali Grosbeak
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Björn Bergenholtz
Björn Bergenholtz
Some extinct, very extinct, (sub)fossil species and their eponyms
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Fred Ruhe
Fred Ruhe
mb1848
Birds named after Henry Dresser
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l_raty
l_raty
Björn Bergenholtz
Professor Waga's, or Wagi's (!?) Tyrannulet
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Björn Bergenholtz
Björn Bergenholtz
Rozendaal-Kortekaas's Bush-Warbler
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Björn Bergenholtz
Björn Bergenholtz
Black(-blue) Baza subspecies
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Taphrospilus
Taphrospilus
Björn Bergenholtz
Mr. and Mrs. Vassal ... and "their" birds
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Björn Bergenholtz
Björn Bergenholtz
Björn Bergenholtz
Thurber's Dark-eyed Junco
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Taphrospilus
Taphrospilus
Björn Bergenholtz
Scheepmaker's Crowned-Pigeon
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JustinJansen
JustinJansen

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