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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. Naming a bird species for the part of the world in which it breeds or resides makes sense.

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