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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Cowbird (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
    other species. The genus was introduced by English naturalist William Swainson in 1832 with the brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) as the type species...
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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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    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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    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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    Hart (second from right) with Governor of Michigan John Swainson and President John F. Kennedy in the Oval Office, 1961...
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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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    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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    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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  • Swainson may refer to: William John Swainson (1789–1855), English ornithologist, malacologist, conchologist, entomologist and artist William Swainson...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    Fruit dove (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
    Ptilinopus was introduced in 1825 by the English naturalist William John Swainson with the rose-crowned fruit dove (Ptilinopus regina) as the type species...
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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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    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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    Hooded oriole (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
    Icteridae Genus: Icterus Species: I. cucullatus Binomial name Icterus cucullatus Swainson, 1827   Breeding range   Year-round range   Wintering range...
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    Bullock's oriole (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
    Genus: Icterus Species: I. bullockii Binomial name Icterus bullockii (Swainson, 1827) Range of I. bullockii   Breeding range   Wintering range Synonyms...
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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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    Lithognathus (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
    first proposed as taxon in 1839 by the English zoologist William John Swainson, Swainson named it as a momotypic subgenus of Pagellus with Pagellus (Lithognathis)...
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    Titanostrombus galeatus (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
    fishery. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Titanostrombus galeatus (Swainson, 1823). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www...
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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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    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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