Wood Warbler Names Done Right
10,000 Birds
JUNE 25, 2019
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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