Re: A Hot Spot for Oporornis Warblers

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Dave Pardoe wrote:

> Guineabird@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > What is the definition of Oporonis (warblers)?
> >
> > GFrantz
> > Reisterstown, MD
>
> Latin from Greek, opora, autumnal, and ornis, bird, John K Terres, The
> Audubon Encyclopedia of North American Birds.

 Specifically  (generically?) it is the name of a genus of warblers
including Kentucky, Mourning, Connecticut and McGillivary's Warblers.


Tony Futcher
Takoma Park, MD
tfutcher@cuc.edu
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