canberrabirds
|
To: | Ryu Callaway <> |
---|---|
Subject: | Global Big Day- Post event report |
From: | Martin Butterfield <> |
Date: | Sat, 21 May 2016 22:53:42 +0000 |
Looking at the current report on eBird an observer from Brazil has reported
Natterer's Slaty-Antshrike. I was intrigued
as to whether this was named after a person or an attribute of the bird (being suspicious of apostrophes).
It turns out to be the former:
surprisingly, of the Austrian persuasion. This led me to wonder whether the name had meaning (cf smith meaning metalworker) and "natter" translates from German to mean adder (the reptile, not a mathematician).
Martin
Martin Butterfield
On 21 May 2016 at 14:23, Ryu Callaway <> wrote:
|
<Prev in Thread] | Current Thread | [Next in Thread> |
---|---|---|
|
Previous by Date: | pale-headed rosella, sandra henderson |
---|---|
Next by Date: | pale-headed rosella, Barbara Allan |
Previous by Thread: | Global Big Day- Post event report, Ryu Callaway |
Next by Thread: | pale-headed rosella, sandra henderson |
Indexes: | [Date] [Thread] [Top] [All Lists] |
The University of NSW School of Computer and Engineering takes no responsibility for the contents of this archive. It is purely a compilation of material sent by many people to the Canberra Ornithologists Group mailing list. It has not been checked for accuracy nor its content verified in any way. If you wish to get material removed from the archive or have other queries about the list contact David McDonald, list manager, phone (02) 6231 8904 or email . If you can not contact David McDonald e-mail Andrew Taylor at this address: andrewt@cse.unsw.EDU.AU