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Birds Named After People

This is a list of birds found in North America north of Mexico that are named after someone, usually a famous ornithologist or other naturalist. Most of these names are simple possessives, but a few are unusual, such as Inca Dove (mistakenly named for the Incas of South America as opposed to the Aztec of Mexico), Montezuma Quail (for the Aztec leader), and Blackburnian Warbler (seemingly color-related, but actually named for a pre-American Revolution British naturalist, Anna Blackburn). Among the hummingbirds, the Calliope (our smallest bird) is named for one of the muses of ancient Greek mythology, and the Lucifer Hummingbird is technically named for its radiant throat color, but misreadings of the Bible turned the name into a shorthand for the Devil, so I've included it here.
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Ross's Goose
Ross's Goose
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Steller's Eider
Steller's Eider
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Barrow's Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
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Gambel's Quail
Gambel's Quail
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Montezuma Quail
Montezuma Quail
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Clark's Grebe
Clark's Grebe
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Cory's Shearwater
Cory's Shearwater
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Buller's Shearwater
Buller's Shearwater
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Audubon's Shearwater
Audubon's Shearwater
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Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
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Leach's Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
12
Brandt's Cormorant
Brandt's Cormorant
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Cooper's Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
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Harris's Hawk
Harris's Hawk
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Swainson's Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
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Ridgway's Rail
Ridgway's Rail
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Wilson's Plover
Wilson's Plover
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Baird's Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
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Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Snipe
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Wilson's Phalarope
Wilson's Phalarope
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Sabine's Gull
Sabine's Gull
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Bonaparte's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
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Ross's Gull
Ross's Gull
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Franklin's Gull
Franklin's Gull
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Heermann's Gull
Heermann's Gull
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Thayer's Gull
Thayer's Gull
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Forster's Tern
Forster's Tern
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Kittlitz's Murrelet
Kittlitz's Murrelet
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Scripps's Murrelet
Scripps's Murrelet
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Craveri's Murrelet
Craveri's Murrelet
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Cassin's Auklet
Cassin's Auklet
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Inca Dove
Inca Dove
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Vaux's Swift
Vaux's Swift
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Lucifer Hummingbird
Lucifer Hummingbird
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Anna's Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
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Costa's Hummingbird
Costa's Hummingbird
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Allen's Hummingbird
Allen's Hummingbird
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Calliope Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
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Lewis's Woodpecker
Lewis's Woodpecker
40
Williamson's Sapsucker
Williamson's Sapsucker
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