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Collared Sparrowhawk - specific name

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Subject: Collared Sparrowhawk - specific name
From: "michael norris" <>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:20:39 +1100
Sandra Henderson's email refers to an ICZN list that was effective from 1.1.2000, so that seems to have settled it.

Also the derivation from "cirro" (wisp) seems more apt that "cirrho" (tawny-yellow) as in "cirrhosis".

Michael Norris




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