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  1. Björn Bergenholtz

    A Biographical Dictionary ... of the Free State and Lesotho

    Even if not brand-new, but seemingly unnoticed here on BirdForum ... • A Biographical Dictionary of Contributors to the Natural History of the Free State and Lesotho (2008, second Edition 2014?), by Rodney Moffett (365 pp): As of; here, alt. here, here or here ... If of interest, enjoy! /B
  2. Björn Bergenholtz

    The Jambu (Jamboo) in Jambu Fruit Dove

    As I recently (a couple of weeks ago) had this Etymology discussion with the Swedish Taxonomy Committee [as I clearly was about to go astray on this one. Thanks Markus (Lagerqvist), for making me take the correct path, making me dig a bit deeper (y)], and now I thought I'd better share it all...
  3. Björn Bergenholtz

    E. O. Wilson, and "his" Antbird

    Re. eowilsoni as in: • Cordillera Azul Antbird Myrmoderus eowilsoni MONCRIEFF et al., 2017 (here): In today's Key we find the following: Edward Osborne Wilson died 26th of December 2021. "In Memoriam Edward O. Wilson (1929–2021)" = here (or, another one, here), Wikipedia here. R.I.P. /B
  4. Björn Bergenholtz

    Macronectes tinae sp. nov.

    Here's a quick post regarding the recently described ... tinae as in: •The (Late Pliocene) Giant Petrel Macronectes tinae TENNYSSON & SALVADOR 2023 (link to OD here): Who she was/is? I haven't got a clue ... Neither do I know, nor understand (by the dedication above), if she's truly "late"...
  5. Björn Bergenholtz

    Merriam X 2 ... and their Birds

    Due to Fred's (and Laurent's) posts in this recent thread, in the Bird Paleontology sub-forum, I had a quick look at the scientific name merriami ... In today's Key we find it explained as: But, I don't think this is fully correct, only as in: • the debated (and questioned) Montezuma Quail...
  6. Björn Bergenholtz

    Waterstradt's Racquet-tail (Parrot)

    This is posted simply as I had a look at ... waterstradti as in: • the Mindanao Racquet-tail Prioniturus waterstradti ROTHSCHILD 1904 (here): In today's Key explained as: To which I might add that he seems to have been of German Heritage, and that he indeed (also) was known as 'John'...
  7. Björn Bergenholtz

    Otus bikegila MELO, et al. 2022

    (y) Thanks to George Sangster (one of the co-authors), the following Paper was posted today, in BirdForum's Bird Taxonomy and Nomenclature section ... (here) • Melo, M, B. Freitas, P. Verbelen, S. R. da Costa, H. Pereira, J. Fuchs, G. Sangster, M. N. Correia, R. F. de Lima & A. Crottini. 2022...
  8. Björn Bergenholtz

    Dr Rey's Sulu Boobook, alt. ditto Hawk-owl

    Ok guys, even if I´m (once again) a bit off my home turf (when dealing with French texts that is, of which I understand very little, close to nothing), but let's have a (renewed*) look at ... reyi as in: • the somewhat debated (fairly recently split) species (alt. ssp.) Sulu Boobook/Hawk-owl...
  9. Björn Bergenholtz

    Ng's Langkawi Shama

    • Meng Yue Wu & Frank E. Rheindt. 2022. A distinct new subspecies of the white-rumped shama Copsychus malabaricus at imminent risk of extinction. Journal of Ornithology 163 (3): pp. 659–669: Enjoy! Björn PS. I assume it's this Birder ... (but I have no idea what-so-ever about her...
  10. Björn Bergenholtz

    Mr Meek, and "his" many, many Birds

    I think there is little (read: no) doubt about A. S. Meek [i.e. the English explorer and collector Albert Stewart Meek (1871–1943)], commemorated in several Scientific names (most as meeki, and twice as meekiana), but I choose to post it all here anyway, as I've checked every one of them (also...
  11. Björn Bergenholtz

    Lovejoy's Piculet

    Here's an additional (sad) part regarding the guy commemorated in the Scientific name ... lovejoyi as in: • the (Scaled) Piculet ssp. Picumnus squamulatus lovejoyi PHELPS (Jr.) & AVELADO 1987 (Note; OD* unseen by me). In today's Key explained as: ... which, I assume, ought to be: Dr (Ph.D.)...
  12. Björn Bergenholtz

    Mr Jackson, and "his" Gull

    Here are some additional pieces, found along the way (when looking for/checking up some completely different jacksoni Birds), this time regarding the guy commemorated in ... jacksonii as in: • in the invalid (European/Common Herring) Gull "L. [Larus] Jacksonii" COUCH 1838 (here): Which, to...
  13. Björn Bergenholtz

    Levraud's Crake, or ditto Rail

    Instead of the many subspecies, and various invalid synonyms, that we've been dealing with recently, let's have a quick look at a full valid species, and the guy behind it, commemorated in the eponym ... levraudi as in: • the Rusty-flanked Crake Laterallus levraudi SCLATER & SALVIN 1869 (here...
  14. Björn Bergenholtz

    Biografien osteuropäischer Ornithologen

    Biografien osteuropäischer Ornithologen (Biographies of Eastern European Ornithologists) Here's a series of German Publications/Papers (all in all 36 different ones) that might be of interest for anyone curious, on either one of those guys, and/or "their" Birds ... I'm pretty sure either one...
  15. Björn Bergenholtz

    Herr Herrmann's (Chalk-browed) Mockingbird ...

    Here's a clue, a piece of the puzzle, regarding the unknown dedicatee of ... herrmanni as in: • the South American, invalid* "Mimus herrmanni" REICHENOW 1908 (here): Also see Hellmayr's comment, 1914 (here), or/and Dinelli's ditto in El Hornero (1919), here. Which leads us to Mr Herrmann...
  16. Björn Bergenholtz

    Agassiz' Nothura/Tinamou (and "his" other invalid Bird/s)

    Here's a question re. the Swizz-American scientist Alexander Agassiz (1835–1910): Was his full name Alexander Em(m)anuel Rodolphe [alt. Rudolph, or Rudolf] Agassiz (as claimed in various texts), or was it just "Alexander Emanuel Agassiz" (as told in today's Key) ... ? Or is this (i.e. the R...
  17. Björn Bergenholtz

    Re. the dedicatee in Clarkona MATHEWS 1917

    Here's some (contradictory) info regarding ... • the (today invalid*) Parrot generic (alt. 'subgeneric') name Clarkona MATHEWS 1917 (here, in text): Regarding this name I think (fear) we've once again been led astray by Beolens et al. and their Eponym Dictionary of Birds (2014), who claimed...
  18. Björn Bergenholtz

    Eliza(beth)'s Mexican Sheartail Hummingbird

    I choose to open this thread just to keep the different dedicatees and the different Messieurs Lefèvre apart, i.e. Auguste Lefèvre versus (the Wife of) Amédée Lefèvre (even if earlier dealt with in the long and winding thread Monsieur Lefèvre's invalid (Northern) Gannet [here; from the...
  19. Björn Bergenholtz

    Professor David's (fossil) Eagle Owl ssp.

    As we've recently been busy, dealing with the Identity of the hard-to-trace Monsieur Halsouet (sic, as in halsueti), described by Father/Abbé/Père Jean Pierre Armand David (1826–1900), I happened to take a brief look at an even lesser known Bird (and the dedicatee behind it) ... davidi as in: •...
  20. Björn Bergenholtz

    "Jan" van der Brugge (1945–2021)

    Sadly I have to inform you all that BirdForum has lost one of its stalwart supporters, a long-standing member of the Bird Name Etymology community, a man of high spirit and great wit ... In the midst of Summer, when the Bird song slowly fades away, ... one voice less. R.I.P. Björn
  21. Björn Bergenholtz

    Some Japanese Eponyms

    On a request, made in November (by myself and James Jobling), my dear friend and neighbour (here in Stockholm, Sweden) Mr Nobuhiko Osawa has kindly lent us his time, and his knowledge in Japanese (also of Old School Japanese) and I think he now, after a couple of Months, has managed to find...
  22. Björn Bergenholtz

    Monsieur Le Dart's Marsh Tit

    Here's a guy, and bird, that I just happened to find, while looking for others ... darti as in: • in the invalid "Parus palustris darti"* H. JOUARD 1929, (here, on p.206), signed "22 décembre 1928": In the dear old HBW (no longer-Alive) Key this eponym was explained as: But I now think we...
  23. Björn Bergenholtz

    Naturaleza y naturalistas en Tucumán

    Now digitized, and accessible, in full: • Zaia, D. G. (Daniel Gustavo). 2012. Naturaleza y naturalistas en Tucumán. – 1st Ed. – San Miguel de Tucumán, (privately) published by "el autor, 2012", pp.1–234 (in Spanish). ISBN 978-987-33-2116-0 . Copyright © 2012 by D. G. Zaia. Enjoy! Björn
  24. Björn Bergenholtz

    Eponymous scientific bird names of Hungarian relevance

    • Magyar vonatkozású eponím mdárnevek, in Aquila 126, pp.83–100, by Gábor Magyar (November, 2019), here. Most of it is in Hungarian, although there's an English Summary, on pp.93-97. Enjoy! Björn
  25. Björn Bergenholtz

    Mr Nakamura's invalid Swift and ditto Jacana

    As a mere consequence, of the recent developments in thread Tanygnathus lucionensis koikei [here], Nobuhiko Osawa at the same time, simultaneously (somewhat accidentally), delivered a pure bonus! In his PS he mentioned a certain Mr Yukio Nakamura, that he himself had met [!], as well as...
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