Robert Ridgway (July 2, 1850 – March 25, 1929) was an American ornithologist specializing in systematics. He was appointed in 1880 by Spencer Fullerton...
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Gary Leon Ridgway (born February 18, 1949) is an American serial killer known as the Green River Killer. He was initially convicted of 48 separate murders...
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Robert Ridgway (1850–1929) was an ornithologist. Robert Ridgway or Ridgeway may also refer to: Robert Ridgway (congressman) (1823–1870), Virginia congressman...
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The ABA Robert Ridgway Award for Publications in Field Ornithology is an award given by the American Birding Association to an individual who has made...
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Ridgway is both a given name and an English surname. Notable people with the name include: Ridgway Robert Syers Christian Codner Lloyd (1842–1884), English...
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spring. List of colors After recording "wood brown" in his 1886 book, Robert Ridgway further refined the details of its color coordinates in his 1912 publication...
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and Company. OCLC 768502. Ridgway, Robert (1912). Color standards and color nomenclature. Washington, D.C.: Robert Ridgway. LCCN 13007093. OCLC 630954...
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population is now increasing. It is named in honour of the ornithologist Robert Ridgway. B. ridgwayi is a medium-sized, compact hawk, measuring 36–41 cm long...
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General Matthew Bunker Ridgway (March 3, 1895 – July 26, 1993) was a senior officer in the United States Army, who served as Supreme Allied Commander...
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Robert Ridgway (April 21, 1823 – October 16, 1870) was a nineteenth-century congressman, lawyer and journalist from Virginia. Born in Lynchburg, Virginia...
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marshes and rarely flies. Its name commemorates American ornithologist Robert Ridgway. This species is closely related to the clapper rail, and until recently...
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and Company. OCLC 768502. Ridgway, Robert (1912). Color standards and color nomenclature. Washington, D.C.: Robert Ridgway. LCCN 13007093. OCLC 630954...
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[verification needed] There are three subspecies of Harris's hawk: Robert Ridgway placed Harris' Hawk in its own new subgenus Urubitinga (Antenor) in...
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Dusky seaside sparrow (category Taxa named by Robert Ridgway)
ProQuest 213550432. Trost, Charles H. (1968). "Ammospiza nigrescens (Ridgway): Dusky seaside sparrow". In Bent, Arthur Cleveland; Austin Jr., Oliver...
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and Company. OCLC 768502. Ridgway, Robert (1912). Color standards and color nomenclature. Washington, D.C.: Robert Ridgway. LCCN 13007093. OCLC 630954...
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Black rosy finch (category Taxa named by Robert Ridgway)
The black rosy finch was first classified by American ornithologist Robert Ridgway in 1874. This bird has been thought to form a superspecies with the...
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Systellura (category Taxa named by Robert Ridgway)
Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Clade: Strisores Order: Caprimulgiformes Family: Caprimulgidae Subfamily: Caprimulginae Genus: Systellura Ridgway, 1912...
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University Press. ISBN 9780691044026. Lewis, D. (2012). The Feathery Tribe: Robert Ridgway and the Modern Study of Birds. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press...
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Robert Ridgway, sometimes spelled Robert Ridgeway (October 19, 1862 – December 19, 1938), was an American civil engineer. He did not study engineering...
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Cozumel thrasher (category Taxa named by Robert Ridgway)
The Cozumel thrasher was first described as Harporhynchus guttatus by Robert Ridgway in 1885. It has been described as a subspecies to its relative the long-billed...
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Barn-owl (category Taxa named by Robert Ridgway)
Islands Birds. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-77142-3. Chandler, Robert M. (July–September 1982). "A Reevaluation of the Pliocene Owl Lechusa Stirtoni...
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The Town of Ridgway is the home rule municipality that is the most populous municipality in Ouray County, Colorado, United States. The town is a former...
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Peale's falcon (category Taxa named by Robert Ridgway)
peregrine falcon. This subspecies was first identified by the ornithologist Robert Ridgway in 1873, named in honor of Titian Ramsay Peale. These birds are the...
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Parabuteo (category Taxa named by Robert Ridgway)
Subfamily: Buteoninae Genus: Parabuteo Ridgway, 1874 Type species Buteo harrisi Audubon, 1837 Synonyms Antenor Ridgway, 1873 (nec Montfort, 1808) Erythrocnema...
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Rea Paul (1930) A Dictionary of Color, p. 192, New York: McGraw-Hill Robert Ridgway (1912) Color Standards and Color Nomenclature, p. 67, Published by the...
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were considered inferior through much of the 19th century. In 1901, Robert Ridgway wrote in the introduction to The Birds of North and Middle America that:...
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Baird's junco (category Taxa named by Robert Ridgway)
Spencer Fullerton Baird, an American ornithologist and naturalist, by Robert Ridgway, the curator of birds at the United States National Museum at that time...
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Mountain chickadee (category Taxa named by Robert Ridgway)
Passeriformes Family: Paridae Genus: Poecile Species: P. gambeli Binomial name Poecile gambeli (Ridgway, 1886) Range of Poecile gambeli Synonyms Parus gambeli...
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Cardinalidae (category Taxa named by Robert Ridgway)
Aves Order: Passeriformes Superfamily: Emberizoidea Family: Cardinalidae Ridgway, 1901 Type species Loxia cardinalis Linnaeus, 1758 Genera Pheucticus Granatellus...
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Retrieved 29 May 2021. Baird, Spencer Fullerton, Thomas Mayo Brewer, and Robert Ridgway. The water birds of North America. Vol. 1. Little, Brown,, 1884. Forbes...
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