Another question is Alexander Wilson vs JJ Audubon!
Wilson was earlier, and some say deserves more credit.
In fact one of JJA'a Elephant Folio birds is an exact copy of a Wilson
painting. The pose is the same, Same bird.
Since KY has the JJA connection and the interesting JJA state park and not
really wanting to get into a ranking contest, what do others say.
Preston Forsythe,
Muhl. Co.
On Tuesday, May 14, 2019, 8:03:01 AM CDT, brainard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<brainard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
There is at least one source for the answers to such questions ... The
Dictionary of American Bird Names (E.A. Choate, 1973).
I imagine it can be found at local and internet sources. I've enjoyed looking
up the sources of both common and latin names since I began birding. There are
lots of examples of oddly and mis-named birds, as well as interesting
explanations for others. Of course there are some new names that have come into
use since the early 1970s, but it still covers the names of most all of our
birds.
bpb, Louisville
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From: Carol Friedman <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBERS=============
Sent: May 13, 2019 10:45 PM
To: Bird KY <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, jjamarsnyder@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: [birdky] Re: Latin warbler name question
Seems like all the others must have been snoozing in Latin class. It was
really the "castanea" that grabbed me, as that is the genus name of Chestnuts,
so
why not associated with the CHESTNUT-sided warbler? You go, you Catholic
School grad, you. Your teachers (nuns?) would be so proud. Muz
Subject: [birdky] Re: Latin warbler name question
To: "Bird KY" <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, May 13, 2019, 8:01 AM
Muz-
I am
interested to see what others have to say about this word.
The “sylvanicus" is derived from the latin word
“sylva” which means wood and if I remember correctly was
used in the classification of ash trees. Of course the first part of this word
is Penn and that goes back to the founding of Pennsylvania
which is a hybridized word using the last name of it’s
founder, William Penn, and the latin word for woods
“sylva”. I can only guess that perhaps the
Chestnut-sided Warbler was first found and classified in
Pennsylvania. The genus name of setophaga is Greek and
translates to “moth eater”.
Two
conclusions:The
Chestnut-sided Warbler is an insectivore that can be found
in Pennsylvania, and all those Catholic school Latin classes
paid off!
Jennifer SnyderHardin County
On SundayMay 12,
2019, at 9:40 PM, Carol Friedman (Redacted sender
"brumuz" for DMARC) <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Whereas I studiously
attempt to learn Latin names for plants, have been lax for
my fine-feathered friends. Noticed Tommy Quarles' list,
and hence Cornell,
Sibley, Peterson and the rest have "castanea" as
the bay-breasted species name, but pensylvanica for
CHESTNUT-sided. Anybody got an explanation?
Thanks for your consideration..
Carol Friedman (muz)
Hart Co.
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