John Burley Swainson (July 31, 1925 – May 13, 1994) was a Canadian-American politician and jurist who served as the 42nd governor of Michigan from 1961...
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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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medicine entrepreneur John Swainson (1925–1994), American politician William John Swainson (1789–1855), English naturalist William Swainson (lawyer) (1809–1884)...
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Swainson 1989, p. 25. Gwyn 2007, p. 64. Swainson 1989, p. 28. Swainson 1989, pp. 28–29. Phenix 2006, pp. 79–83. Swainson 1989, pp. 30–31. Swainson 1989...
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Bluebird (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
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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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 new...
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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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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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and politician (d. 1831) 1789 – John Ruggles, American lawyer and politician (d. 1874) 1789 – William John Swainson, English-New Zealand ornithologist...
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Charles Swainson (1780–1866) was an English businessman, a calico printer in Preston, Lancashire. Charles Swainson was a second-generation Tory cotton...
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Hart (second from right) with Governor of Michigan John Swainson and President John F. Kennedy in the Oval Office, 1961...
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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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Black phoebe (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
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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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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Groove-billed ani (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
groove-billed ani was formally described by the English naturalist William John Swainson from a specimen collected in Temascaltepec, Mexico. It still bears its...
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Swainson may refer to: William John Swainson (1789–1855), English ornithologist, malacologist, conchologist, entomologist and artist William Swainson...
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Cowbird (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16. Swainson, William John; Richardson, J. (1831). Fauna boreali-americana, or, The zoology...
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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 thought...
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Black-backed woodpecker (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
woodpecker was described and illustrated by the English naturalist William John Swainson in 1832 from a specimen collected near the source of the Athabasca River...
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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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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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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 into...
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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 binomial...
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Halcyon was introduced by the English naturalist and artist William John Swainson in 1821. He named the type species as the woodland kingfisher (Halcyon...
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Pieridae (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
a characteristic of this family. The family was created by William John Swainson in 1820. The name "butterfly" is believed to have originated from a...
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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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promoted in the works of Nicholas Aylward Vigors, William John Swainson and Johann Jakob Kaup. Swainson's work on ornithology gave wide publicity to the idea...
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Broad-tailed hummingbird (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
Selasphorus Species: S. platycercus Binomial name Selasphorus platycercus (Swainson, 1827) Range of S. platycercus Breeding range Wintering range...
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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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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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