Must admit, I'm very surprised, given how well-travelled you are!But a lot of the other things, I wouldn't even recognize these things are rivers: Pechora, one of the longest rivers in Europe - never heard of it!
Must admit, I'm very surprised, given how well-travelled you are!
Some great travelogue reading for you: Seebohm, To the Pechora Valley and The Yenesei (issued together in 1901 as The Birds of Siberia). Available on BHL for reading online or downloading.
Don't know, but doubt it. He's on wikipedia here. Also known for Seebohm's Wheatear, of course :t:Is he the same guy who wrote that great survival guide to modern warfare: Seebohm:Run ?
I am afraid that Rio de Janeiro is not a river though, "rio" is also used for an estuary (see Rio de la Plata) and there doesn't seem to be a prominent river there?
The Ring-billed Gull was named after the Delaware River, the Ural Owl after the mountains. I mention the more generalised River Warbler, River Tern, Riverbank Warbler, Fly River Grassbird, African River Martin. A quick find through my Key MS found at least 150 scientific toponyms based on rivers (e.g. abariensis, aicora, alligator, angarensis, athensis, ...). Many are now treated in synonymy. A surprising number are very obscure rivers in Australia and New Guinea, others have a more classical ring (e.g. Tanysiptera kingfishers named for ancient river-gods), but some will be familiar (beema, nilotica).
I suspect you're living in De Nile oAbsolutely, bunkers. Not really any doubt, it must be him.
Some great travelogue reading for you: Seebohm, To the Pechora Valley and The Yenesei (issued together in 1901 as The Birds of Siberia). Available on BHL for reading online or downloading.
Waterfall Swift - admissable on basis that a waterfall is by default a part of a river
Fly River Grassbird refers to a specific river, the Fly River, in Papua New Guinea.
Fly River Grassbird refers to a specific river, the Fly River, in Papua New Guinea.
A bird named after a river which is named after an insect . . . unique?It is the largest river in Australasia by volume but it is relatively unknown.
Nope, the river is named after HMS Fly.A bird named after a river which is named after an insect . . . unique?
Aye, it's a great pair of books! Have you got to the double glazing yet, and the ice breakup on the Yenesey? Incredible - something I'd really like to see!Thanks for the link, I'm reading the book now. Had to laugh at the picture of them struggling with their seven-foot-long "snow-shoes" (which are actually skis).
Some idea of what this pressure must have been may be realised by the fact that a part of the river a thousand miles long, beginning with a width of two miles, and ending with a width of six miles, covered over with three feet of ice. upon which was lying six feet of snow, was broken up at the rate of a hundred miles a day. Many obstacles could cause a temporary stoppage in the break-up of the ice — a sudden bend in the river, a group of islands, or a narrower place where the ice might jam. But the pressure from behind was an ever-increasing one. Although the river frequently fell for a few hours, it was constantly rising on the whole, and in ten days the rise where we were stationed was seventy feet.
:eek!: :eek!: :eek!:On several occasions we stood on the banks of the river for hours, transfixed with astonishment, staring aghast at icebergs, twenty to thirty feet high, driven down the river at a speed of from ten to twenty miles an hour.
And Madeira Parakeet
Also, Tapajos Hermit.
Naah, Ouzel, old name for a thrush :t:No-ones mentioned Ring Ousel - there’s four Ouses in England.............!!
Bananal, 'of, or resembling, a banana', surely? Is it very bananal in appearance? :-OAlso, Bananal Antbird must be the only bird named after a river island, right?
Wow, this is more fun to read than expected. Jurek obviously wins the day with river Styx, that is just the perfect response But a lot of the other things, I wouldn't even recognize these things are rivers: Pechora, on of the longest rivers in Europe - never heard of it! - Baudo, Cauca ...
I am afraid that Rio de Janeiro is not a river though, "rio" is also used for an estuary (see Rio de la Plata) and there doesn't seem to be a prominent river there?