Hello Michael,
There's a book by James A. Jobling entitled "Dictionary of Scientific Bird
Names" which was published by Oxford University Press in 1991. I've seen it
in the State Library in Sydney and it looked quite good. I can't say whether
its got the particular information that you're after.
Regards,
Colin Scouler.
Michael Todd wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I was wondering whether somebody out there might be able to put me onto a
> good reference on the derivation of scientific names. In particular I'm
> interested in where the scientific name of the White-bellied Crimson Finch,
> evangelinae, might have come from.
>
> In the past I've used books like Cayley to find these names but
> unfortunately it isn't of use for the White-bellied Crimson Finch as when
> Cayley was published the Cape York White-bellieds were regarded as distinct
> from the Papua New Guinea white-bellies and were named albiventer, meaning
> white-bellied.
>
> In hope,
>
> Mick Todd
>
> Michael Todd
> Tropical Savannas CRC
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