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Wood Warbler Names Done Right

10,000 Birds

For example, the legendary ornithologist Alexander Wilson happened upon in his broad travels a warbler previously undescribed by science. Virginia’s Warbler –which never turns up in Virginia–can be the Big-eyed Warbler. Even worse, such sobriquets obscure insight into the birds themselves. NAMED FOR PLACES.

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