Cyanomitra cyanolaema octaviae Amadon, 1953 (1 Viewer)

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Cyanomitra cyanolaema octaviae Amadon, 1953 OD here

The Eponym Dictionary of Birds claims:

Blue-throated Brown Sunbird ssp. Cyanomitra cyanolaema octaviae Amadon, 1953
Mrs Octavia Amadon née Gardella (DNF) was Dean Amadon's (q.v.) wife. The original description contains no etymology so this attribution is our assumption.

The Key to Scientific Names

Octavia Amadon née Gardella (1911-2006) wife of US ornithologist Dean Amadon (subsp. Cyanomitra cyanolaema).

No idea if Dean Amadons wife was Octavia (but it looks like he married 1942 Octavia Tavvy Gardella). If not it might be worth to check the wife of Correia:

The present paper is based on a collection made by Correia and his wife in 1928 and 1929 on the islands of Fernando Po, Principe, and São Tomé, in the Gulf of Guinea off the west coast of Africa.

 

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Jose Correia's wife was named Virginia.
The Untold Story of Virginia and José Correia: Scientific Explorers in Search of Rare Birds – Biodiversity Heritage Library .

 

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Octavia Gardella

Birth	7 Oct 1911 New York, USA
Death	16 Jan 2006 • Tenafly, Bergen, New Jersey
Marriage	24 May 1940 New York City, New York, USA

Father	Ermenegildo Oreste Gardella (1882-1956)
Mother	Benedetta Maria Cevasco (1877-1968)
Spouse	Dean Amadon (1912-2003)

 

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What's that about Tavvy in her name?

 

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It's a nickname short for Octavia

 

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Right. Sometimes I should us my limited brain 😵.