Chlidonias 24 May 2013 Also called Cape pigeon, just to confuse non-birders. The genus is an anagram of pintado (spotted) which was the Spanish name. Kaikoura, May 2013
Also called Cape pigeon, just to confuse non-birders. The genus is an anagram of pintado (spotted) which was the Spanish name. Kaikoura, May 2013
zooboy28 24 May 2013 Chlidonias said: Also called Cape pigeon, just to confuse non-birders. The genus is an anagram of pintado (spotted) which was the Spanish name. Kaikoura, May 2013 Click to expand... That's very interesting, I've never heard of using a anagram for a taxonomic name before. Cool
Chlidonias said: Also called Cape pigeon, just to confuse non-birders. The genus is an anagram of pintado (spotted) which was the Spanish name. Kaikoura, May 2013 Click to expand... That's very interesting, I've never heard of using a anagram for a taxonomic name before. Cool
Chlidonias 24 May 2013 zooboy28 said: That's very interesting, I've never heard of using a anagram for a taxonomic name before. Cool Click to expand... Dacelo (kookaburras) and Lacedo are both anagrams of Alcedo - all are kingfisher genera. There are a few others as well. Actually, a link is in order I believe: http://www.curioustaxonomy.net/word/anagram.html
zooboy28 said: That's very interesting, I've never heard of using a anagram for a taxonomic name before. Cool Click to expand... Dacelo (kookaburras) and Lacedo are both anagrams of Alcedo - all are kingfisher genera. There are a few others as well. Actually, a link is in order I believe: http://www.curioustaxonomy.net/word/anagram.html
Maguari 24 May 2013 zooboy28 said: That's very interesting, I've never heard of using a anagram for a taxonomic name before. Cool Click to expand... Check out a list of kingfisher genera sometime. EDIT: Ninja'd by an otter-tern again!
zooboy28 said: That's very interesting, I've never heard of using a anagram for a taxonomic name before. Cool Click to expand... Check out a list of kingfisher genera sometime. EDIT: Ninja'd by an otter-tern again!
Chlidonias 24 May 2013 Maguari said: Check out a list of kingfisher genera sometime. EDIT: Ninja'd by an otter-tern again! Click to expand... ain't no better ninja than I
Maguari said: Check out a list of kingfisher genera sometime. EDIT: Ninja'd by an otter-tern again! Click to expand... ain't no better ninja than I
zooboy28 24 May 2013 Chlidonias said: Dacelo (kookaburras) and Lacedo are both anagrams of Alcedo - all are kingfisher genera. There are a few others as well. Actually, a link is in order I believe: Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature: Wordplay: Anagrams Click to expand... This is such a cool site, great link! Abra cadabra!!! I'm very impressed with the anagrams, but some of the other puns and insults are very clever too.
Chlidonias said: Dacelo (kookaburras) and Lacedo are both anagrams of Alcedo - all are kingfisher genera. There are a few others as well. Actually, a link is in order I believe: Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature: Wordplay: Anagrams Click to expand... This is such a cool site, great link! Abra cadabra!!! I'm very impressed with the anagrams, but some of the other puns and insults are very clever too.
