[obol] "Oregon" birds

[DAVID IRONS]

TThere is also the oreganus subspecies of Spotted Towhee.

Dave Irons


>From: Lars and Gail Norgren <gnorgren at earthlink.net>
>To: Dave Mellinger <David.Mellinger at oregonstate.edu>
>CC: obol <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>
>Subject: Re: [obol] "Oregon" birds
>Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 20:11:52 -0800
>
>       The latinate trinomial for Oregon
>Jay is P. c. obscurus. I know I am running
>the risk of sounding totally pedantic, but
>I am inordinately fond of this (sub)species
>and that technical name sounds so appropriate
>for what may be the most often missed species
>on western Oregon CBCs.
>      My wife has never been on a Christmas Count
>but has devised an elegant way of guaranteeing
>its detection on Count day. Set up a suet feeder
>in appropriate habitat, presumably a tract of
>forest without houses. Once regular use is established
>install a video camera.  Lars Norgren
>On Jan 8, 2007, at 12:58 PM, Dave Mellinger wrote:
>
> > 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
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