I have no idea. When I take my kids to the zoo I always snap a pic or two of something exotic looking and send it to my birder friend. Always funny to see him be like "what the hell? Where did you see that!?"The Chemist:
Is that a bee eater?
Great shot!From the hip. Was strolling on a long wooden walk way on a westside lake when this dinosaur exploded from the marsh. All the dots are droplets from its wings.The sounds they make are the opposite of a songbird.
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Sure looks like it could be...Is that a Eurasian wigeon in the second picture?
Dozens included in the changing names of birds to remove human monikers. These include Steller's jay, Cooper's hawk, and Anna's hummingbird:
I have enough trouble remembering current names, much less new ones...
I'm not sure, I knew it was unfamiliar to me and after searching an image, maybe so. Sounds like they are infrequent visitors to our neck of the woods so pretty cool if so.Is that a Eurasian wigeon in the second picture?
Two interesting intertwined answers. Nomenclature, a Gordian knot of the pedantic and meticulous... So many rules... The scientific name (binomen = Genus and species codified by Carl Linnaeus) for a new species CANNOT include the name of those that are describing the new species. You can name the new genus or species after your kid, your wife, a favorite pet, a mentor, or even a celebrity or politician (see here for some interesting stories). [The first letter of the genus is always capitalized and the species name is always lower case. Because these are "foreign words" (Latin or bastardized Latin), they are in italics as you would for de novo.You mean when I discover a new species, it won't be named Canuck's Green-billed Nut-chaser? Damn!!
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