[Bristol-Birds] Bird Names

  • From: "Ed Talbott" <etalbott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "Bristol Birders" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 17:00:12 -0400

Bristol Birders,

I have often wondered who some of our North American species of birds were
named for.  Some are well-known ornithologists (Audubon's, Wilson's) but
there are many more species that I had no idea who they were named for.
While researching Joseph Sabine I ran across the following link and thought
I would share it:

http://www.uiowa.edu/~nathist/Site/whatsinabioscontents.html

Good Birding,

Ed Talbott
Buchanan County Bird Club

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