Origin of a common name?

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Origin of a common name?

To:	Bill Hall <>
Subject:	Origin of a common name?
From:	Martin Butterfield <>
Date:	Thu, 21 Dec 2017 05:41:34 +0000

According to Fraser and Gray "Australian Bird names" it was used by John Gould derived from the species name picta ~ latin picto "to paint".

Martin Butterfield

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On 21 December 2017 at 16:09, Bill Hall <> wrote:

Der All, does any-one know the origin of the common name; Painted Honeyeater (Grantiella picta) for this bird?

Bill Hall

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