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Name a Bird You've Seen 2 (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Jacana
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8832 Grey-crowned Mannikin (was Munia)
A very tenuous link but when on a trip looking for a Invisible/Drummer Rail (heard only so not appropriate to add here), we saw a
8841 Christmas Frigatebird
8841 Christmas Frigatebird
Arbu
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Not tenuous at all. Charles Andrews, after whom the Christmas Frigatebird was given its scientific name, was very interested in island rails, noting how a lot of them had independently become flightless. Here's another rail, not quite flightless:
8842 Galapagos Rail
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8843 Galapagos Martin
It's stems cut in lines to record some of the first bird drawings on papyrus
8845 Papyrus Canary
8845 Papyrus Canary
Stay in East Africa with
8847 Northern Grosbeak Canary
8847 Northern Grosbeak Canary
Arbu
Well-known member
Crithagra donaldsoni, named after Arthur Donaldson Smith, an American who lived from 1866-1939, spent a lot of time in Africa, and after whom a number of reptiles were also named.
George Latimer Bates was another American who lived at the same time (1863-1940), also spent a lot of time in Africa, and had a snake and a number of amphibians named after him, as well as:
8848 Bates's Sunbird
George Latimer Bates was another American who lived at the same time (1863-1940), also spent a lot of time in Africa, and had a snake and a number of amphibians named after him, as well as:
8848 Bates's Sunbird
johnallcock
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Also born in 1863, but exploring a different part of the world, was Pyotr Kozlov, the origin of the name:
8849. Koslov's Accentor
8849. Koslov's Accentor
