[obol] "Oregon" birds

[Dave Mellinger]

There are no species named after Oregon, but what about subspecies, races, etc.?  The ones I know about now are

    Oregon Junco                Junco hyemalis oreganus
    Oregon Vesper Sparrow       Pooecetes gramineus affinis
    Oregon (Gray) Jay           Perisoreus canadensis griseus (?)

Any others?

Dave
David.Mellinger at oregonstate.edu


> Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 08:12:09 -0800
> From: Lars and Gail Norgren <gnorgren at earthlink.net>
>
> Well there goes some of my ammunition
> for splitting the Gray Jays. "Oregon Jay"
> was a full species once. I'm not much of
> a splitter, but since Juncos were lumped
> there is no SPECIES of bird in the world
> named after Oregon. Lars Norgren