William Swainson may refer to: William John Swainson (1789–1855), English ornithologist, malacologist, conchologist, entomologist and artist William Swainson...
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William John Swainson FLS, FRS (8 October 1789 – 6 December 1855), was an English ornithologist, malacologist, conchologist, entomologist, and artist...
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entrepreneur John Swainson (1925–1994), American politician William John Swainson (1789–1855), English naturalist William Swainson (lawyer) (1809–1884)...
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Swainson's hawk (Buteo swainsoni) is a large bird species in the Accipitriformes order. This species was named after William Swainson, a British naturalist...
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considered a delicacy by outdoor and hunting enthusiasts. Swainson's spurfowl was named after William Swainson, an English ornithologist. It is found in grasslands...
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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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coloration and beautiful, ascending flute-like voice. Swainson's thrush was named after William Swainson, an English ornithologist. The genus name Catharus...
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William Swainson (25 April 1809 – 1 December 1884) became the second, and last, Attorney-General of the Crown colony of New Zealand and instrumental in...
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member of the genus Limnothlypis. Swainson's warbler was named after William Swainson, an English ornithologist. Swainson's warblers are a small and rather...
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had originally been introduced in 1827 by the English ornithologist William Swainson. Four subspecies are recognised: C. f. damarensis (Roberts, 1922) –...
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commemorates the English naturalist William Swainson. The type specimen was collected from Brazil by English naturalist William Swainson, and described by Nicholas...
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genus Haemorhous that was introduced in 1837 by the English naturalist William Swainson. Two subspecies are recognised: H. p. purpureus (Gmelin, JF, 1789)...
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the family Ardeidae. The genus was erected by the English naturalist William Swainson in 1827, with the rufescent tiger heron (Tigrisoma lineatum) as the...
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John Franklin, R.N, Sir John Richardson by Sir John Richardson, William Swainson, William Kirby, published by J. Murray, 1829 Distribution and Genetics...
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introduced (as a subfamily Leiotrichanae) by the English naturalist William Swainson in 1832. A comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study of the family...
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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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Command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N. By John Richardson, William Swainson, William Kirby Published by J. Murray, 1829 The Natural History of Dogs:...
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genus Zanclostomus was introduced in 1837 by the English naturalist William Swainson to accommodate the red-billed malkoha. The genus name combines the...
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Command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N. By John Richardson, William Swainson, William Kirby, published by J. Murray, 1829. Adapted from the book "Why...
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hummingbird is now placed in the genus Selasphorus, which was introduced by William Swainson in 1832. The common name commemorates Charles Andrew Allen, an American...
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Command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N. By John Richardson, William Swainson, William Kirby, published by J. Murray, 1829. The Gardens and Menagerie...
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Flycatchers or Muscicapidae, by William Swainson with a memoir of Albrecht von Haller 1838, A History of British Quadrupeds, by William MacGillivray with a memoir...
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Saurophagus was preoccupied: in 1831, it had already been given by William Swainson to a tyrant-flycatcher, an extant eater of taxonomically true lizards...
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Command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N. by John Richardson, William Swainson, William Kirby, published by J. Murray, 1829 Polar Controversy Archived...
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swallow. Linnaeus included eight species in the genus and of these William Swainson designated the barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) as the type species....
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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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popularised by Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785–1840), William Sharp Macleay (1792–1865), William Swainson, and others. The idea was that nature followed a...
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Lindley after horticulturalist William Cattley. Cattley obtained a specimen of then unnamed Cattleya labiata from William Swainson who had discovered the new...
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being tailless, William Swainson thought it was a different species than the complete specimen described by Pieter Cramer. In 1833, Swainson named the butterfly...
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The genus Cyclarhis was introduced in 1789 by the English naturalist William Swainson to accommodate a single species, the rufous-browed peppershrike, which...
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