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Wood Warbler Names Done Right

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For example, the legendary ornithologist Alexander Wilson happened upon in his broad travels a warbler previously undescribed by science. Naming a bird species for the part of the world in which it breeds or resides makes sense. Even worse, such sobriquets obscure insight into the birds themselves. NAMED FOR PLACES.

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Some Chinese Pheasants

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thesis on the “Social Behavior and Cooperative Breeding of Kalij Pheasants” in a place with much nicer sanitary facilities than where I saw the bird (in rural Fujian). A bit surprisingly (at least to me), the Kalij Pheasant has been introduced and established as a gamebird in Hawaii. Examples: California. Connecticut. New Jersey.