What’s in a Name?
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Johann Georg Wagner has seven birds named after him, from a chachalaca to a woodpecker, but would he have found more if hadn’t accidentally shot himself while out collecting? Wagner wasn’t the only one to have died from gunshot wounds. The former was first published in 1988, and has recently been heavily revised and extended.
213 
Let's personalize your content