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  1. JWN Andrewes

    Birds named after rivers

    Fly River Grassbird refers to a specific river, the Fly River, in Papua New Guinea.
  2. JWN Andrewes

    Birds named after rivers

    Severn-coloured Tanager? I'll get my coat....
  3. JWN Andrewes

    Birds named after rivers

    Do Senegal Coucal, Thick-knee, Parrot etc count on the same basis? Any other countries named after rivers that could help?
  4. JWN Andrewes

    Birds named after rivers

    Indeed, I merely offer them up for consideration.... ;)
  5. JWN Andrewes

    Birds named after rivers

    Disappointed to have been wrong, but pleased I now know better! :t:
  6. JWN Andrewes

    Birds named after rivers

    Fly River Grassbird. Also, I have a vague recollection that Sterna bergii (Greater Crested Tern) is named after the Berg River in South Africa.
  7. JWN Andrewes

    Birds named after rivers

    Orange River Francolin too Fair enough. Also River Tern.
  8. JWN Andrewes

    Birds named after rivers

    Oh that's a great one. I can offer no higher praise than "I wish I'd thought of that"!!
  9. JWN Andrewes

    Birds named after rivers

    Tana River Cisticola.
  10. JWN Andrewes

    Birds named after rivers

    You OK with Hudsonian after Hudson River? That would give you a couple more. A couple of South American candidates; Baudo Oropendola & Cauca Guam.
  11. JWN Andrewes

    Birds named after rivers

    Does Pechora Pipit fall foul of the same rule?
  12. JWN Andrewes

    Birds named after rivers

    Also there are a few Congo eg Peafowl, Serpent-Eagle.
  13. JWN Andrewes

    Birds named after rivers

    How would you treat Ural Owl? There is a Ural River as well as Mountains. I suspect the Owl was named after the Mountains, but shares a name with the River.
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