William John Swainson FLS, FRS (8 October 1789 – 6 December 1855), was an English ornithologist, malacologist, conchologist, entomologist, and artist...
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William Swainson may refer to: William John Swainson (1789–1855), English ornithologist, malacologist, conchologist, entomologist and artist William Swainson...
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medicine entrepreneur John Swainson (1925–1994), American politician William John Swainson (1789–1855), English naturalist William Swainson (lawyer) (1809–1884)...
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Cowbird (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
nests of other species. The genus was introduced by English naturalist William Swainson in 1832 with the brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) as the type...
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Western bluebird (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
western bluebird was formally described by the English naturalist William John Swainson in 1832 and given the binomial name Sialia mexicana. Six subspecies...
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Bluebird (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
size. The genus Sialia was introduced by the English naturalist William John Swainson in 1827 with the eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis) as the type species...
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Serranidae (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
Anyperodon Günther, 1859 Cephalopholis Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Chromileptes Swainson, 1839 Dermatolepis Gill, 1861 Epinephelus Bloch, 1793 Gonioplectrus Gill...
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Thick-billed parrot (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
illustrator William John Swainson who designated it Macrocercus pachyrhynchus in Philosophical Magazine, new ser., 1, no. 6, p. 439 (1827). Swainson evidently...
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Acorn woodpecker (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
woodpecker was formally described in 1827 by the English naturalist William John Swainson under the binomial name Picus formicivorus from a specimen collected...
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Fruit dove (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
genus Ptilinopus was introduced in 1825 by the English naturalist William John Swainson with the rose-crowned fruit dove (Ptilinopus regina) as the type...
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American dipper (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
zoologist William Swainson in 1827 based on a specimen that had been collected in Mexico by the English naturalist William Bullock. Swainson placed the...
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Black phoebe (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
species name, nigricans, is Latin for "blackish", and was given by William John Swainson in 1827. The black phoebe has six subspecies, but these can be divided...
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Centrocercus (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
Galliformes Family: Phasianidae Tribe: Tetraonini Genus: Centrocercus Swainson, 1832 Type species Tetrao urophasianus Bonaparte, 1827 Species Centrocercus...
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Phyllopteryx (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
Actinopterygii Order: Syngnathiformes Family: Syngnathidae Subfamily: Syngnathinae Genus: Phyllopteryx Swainson, 1839 Type species Syngnathus foliatus Shaw, 1804...
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Lithognathus (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
was first proposed as taxon in 1839 by the English zoologist William John Swainson, Swainson named it as a momotypic subgenus of Pagellus with Pagellus...
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Sharpbill (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
The sharpbill was described in 1821 by the English naturalist William John Swainson under the binomial name Oxyrhuncus cristatus with an "h" inserted...
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White-throated magpie-jay (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
naturalist William John Swainson from a specimen that had been collected by the naturalist William Bullock in Temascaltepec, Mexico. Swainson coined the...
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Melichthys (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Tetraodontiformes Family: Balistidae Genus: Melichthys Swainson, 1839...
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Pieridae (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
are a characteristic of this family. The family was created by William John Swainson in 1820. The name "butterfly" is believed to have originated from...
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Rivoli's hummingbird (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
Class: Aves Clade: Strisores Order: Apodiformes Family: Trochilidae Genus: Eugenes Species: E. fulgens Binomial name Eugenes fulgens (Swainson, 1827)...
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Serilophus (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Eurylaimidae Genus: Serilophus Swainson, 1837...
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White-bellied antbird (redirect from Swainson's Antcatcher)
South America. It is also called Swainson's antcatcher (usually in historical sources) after William John Swainson, who first described it scientifically...
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Canthidermis (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Tetraodontiformes Family: Balistidae Genus: Canthidermis Swainson, 1839...
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Astronotus (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1113.81240 Wm. Leo Smith; Prosanta Chakrabarty; John S. Sparks (2008). "Phylogeny, taxonomy, and evolution of Neotropical cichlids...
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Bullock's oriole (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
to be a single species, the northern oriole. This bird is named after William Bullock, an English amateur naturalist. Bullock's orioles are sexually...
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Rhinecanthus (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Tetraodontiformes Family: Balistidae Genus: Rhinecanthus Swainson, 1839...
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Broad-tailed hummingbird (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
Report Page: Selasphorus". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2018-10-06. Calder, William A.; Waser, Nickolas M.; Hiebert, Sara M.; Inouye, David W.; Miller, Sarah...
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family Anatidae. It was established in 1831 by English ornithologist William John Swainson, when he proposed moving the pink-eared duck into a subgenus (Malacorhynchus)...
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Kenya. The genus Macronyx was introduced by the English naturalist William John Swainson in 1827 with the Cape longclaw as the type species. The name combines...
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Setophaga (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
introduced by the English naturalist William Swainson in 1827. The type species was subsequently designated by Swainson in the same year as the American redstart...
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