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This is a list of namesakes of bird genera and species.
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James William Abert - Pipilo aberti
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Michel Adanson - Coturnix adansonii
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Luigi Maria d'Albertis - Aegotheles albertisi, Epimachus albertisi
- Sarah, Countess Amherst - Chrysolophus amherstiae
- Jacques Ernest Edmond André - Chaetura andrei, Taeniotriccus andrei
- Richard Archbold - Aegotheles archboldi, Archboldia, Eurostopodus archboldi, Newtonia archboldi, Petroica archboldi
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Jean-Baptiste Audebert - Pachycoccyx audeberti
- William Orville Ayres - Cisticola ayresii, Hieraaetus ayresii, Sarothrura ayresi
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John Bachman - Haematopus bachmani, Vermivora bachmanii
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Louis Antoine Francois Baillon - Baillonius, Baillonius bailloni
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Spencer Fullerton Baird - Acanthidops bairdii, Ammodramus bairdii, Calidris bairdii, Junco bairdii, Myiodynastes bairdii, Oreomystis bairdi, Prinia bairdii, Trogon bairdii, Vireo bairdi
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E. C. Stuart Baker - Ducula bakeri, Sericulus bakeri, Yuhina bakeri
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Valentine Ball - Otus balli
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Outram Bangs - Bangsia, Grallaria bangsi
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Joseph Banks - Calyptorhynchus banksii, Neolalage banksiana
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David Armitage Bannerman - Anthus bannermani, Buteo bannermani, Nectarinia bannermani, Ploceus bannermani, Puffinus bannermani
- John Barrow - Eupodotis barrowii
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Edward Bartlett - Crypturellus bartletti
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George Latimer Bates - Apus batesi, Caprimulgus batesi, Nectarinia batesi, Ploceus batesi, Terpsiphone batesi
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John Graham Bell - Aimophila belli, Amphispiza belli, Basileuterus belli, Vireo bellii
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Charles Emil Bendire - Toxostoma bendirei
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Edward Turner Bennett - Aegotheles bennettii, Campethera bennetti, Casuarius bennetti, Corvus bennetti
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Constantine Walter Benson - Pseudocossyphus bensoni
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Hans von Berlepsch - Aglaiocercus berlepschi, Asthenes berlepschi, Berlepschia, Chaetocercus berlepschi, Crypturellus berlepschi, Dacnis berlepschi, Hylopezus berlepschi, Pyrrhura berlepschi, Rhegmatorhina berlepschi, Sipia berlepschi, Thripophaga berlepschi
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Jacques Berlioz - Apus berliozi
- Heinrich Agathon Bernstein - Centropus bernsteini, Megapodius bernsteinii, Ptilinopus bernsteinii, Sterna bernsteini
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Thomas Bewick - Cygnus bewickii, Thryomanes bewickii
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William Thomas Blanford - Calandrella blanfordi, Montifringilla blanfordi, Psalidoprocne blanfordi, Pycnonotus blanfordi
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Johann Friedrich Blumenbach - Crax blumenbachii
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Edward Blyth - Blythipicus, Onychognathus blythii, Tragopan blythii
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José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage - Bostrychia bocagei, Sheppardia bocagei, Telophorus bocagei
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Heinrich Boie - Myzomela boiei
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Carl Bolle - Phoeniculus bollei
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Charles Lucien Bonaparte - Coeligena bonapartei, Gymnobucco bonapartei, Loriculus bonapartei, Nothocercus bonapartei
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Franco Andrea Bonelli - Phylloscopus bonelli
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Matteo Botteri - Aimophila botterii
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Adolphe Boucard - Amazilia boucardi, Crypturellus boucardi
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Jules Bourcier - Eubucco bourcierii, Phaethornis bourcieri
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Eugène Louis Bouvier - Nectarinia bouvieri, Scotopelia bouvieri
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James Bulwer - Bulweria, Bulweria bulwerii, Lophura bulweri, Pseudobulweria
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Edward Arthur Butler - Accipiter butleri, Strix butleri
- Dr. Cabot - Tragopan caboti
- Archibald James Campbell - Arborophila campbelli, Malurus campbelli
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Hugh Clapperton - Francolinus clappertoni
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Georges Cuvier - Dryolimnas cuvieri, Falco cuvieri, Phaeochroa cuvierii, Ramphastos cuvieri, Talegalla cuvieri
- Hugh Cuming - Megapodius cumingii, Phaenicophaeus cumingi
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Roberto Dabbene - Penelope dabbenei
- Theodor Friedrich Dahl - Rhipidura dahli
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Charles Darwin - Nothura darwinii
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Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton - Crax daubentoni
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Armand David - Arborophila davidi
- Adolphe Delegorgue - Coturnix delegorguei
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Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby - Eriocnemis derbyi
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Pierre-Médard Diard - Lophura diardi
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Henry Doubleday (1808-1875) - Cynanthus doubledayi
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David Douglas - Callipepla douglasii
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Bernard du Bus de Gisignies - Dubusia
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Daniel Giraud Elliot - Syrmaticus ellioti
- Theodor Erckel - Francolinus erckelii
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Thomas Campbell Eyton - Dendrocygna eytoni, Xiphorhynchus eytoni
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Otto Finsch - Francolinus finschi
- Eltio Alegondas Forsten - Megapodius forstenii
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Louis de Freycinet - Megapodius freycinet
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William Gambel - Callipepla gambelii
- Mary Ann Grindall Hume - Syrmaticus humiae
- Justin Goudot - Chamaepetes goudotii
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Julius von Haast - Apteryx haastii
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Gustav Hartlaub - Francolinus hartlaubi
- Johann Maria Hildebrandt - Francolinus hildebrandti
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Brian Houghton Hodgson - Perdix hodgsoniae
- Andries Hoogerwerf - Lophura hoogerwerfi
- Isao Iijima - Phylloscopus ijimae
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Peter Kaestner - Grallaria kaestneri
- Jan Kalinowski - Nothoprocta kalinowskii
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Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse - Megapodius laperouse
- Zensaku Katsumata - Polyplectron katsumatae
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John Latham (ornithologist) - Alectura lathami, Francolinus lathami
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Edgar Leopold Layard - Megapodius layardi
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François Le Vaillant - Francolinus levaillantii, Francolinus levaillantoides
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Meriwether Lewis - Melanerpes lewis
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Edmond Drouyn de Lhuys - Lophophorus lhuysii
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Gideon Mantell - Apteryx mantelli
- Chikayoshi Matsudaira - Oceanodroma matsudairae
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Alphonse Milne-Edwards - Lophura edwardsi
- Ludwik Mlokosiewicz - Tetrao mlokosiewiczi
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Richard Owen - Apteryx owenii
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Joseph Barclay Pentland - Nothoprocta pentlandii, Tinamotis pentlandii
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St. John Philby - Alectoris philbyi
- Peter Pritchard - Megapodius pritchardii
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Nikolai Przhevalsky - Grallaria przewalskii, Paradoxornis przewalskii
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Jacques Pucheran - Guttera pucherani
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Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt - Megapodius reinwardt
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Osbert Salvin - Mitu salvini
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Hermann Schlegel - Francolinus schlegelii
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Philip Sclater - Lophophorus sclateri
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Henry Seebohm - Amphilais seebohmi, Atlapetes seebohmi, Bradypterus seebohmi, Cettia seebohmi, Oenanthe seebohmi
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Nikolai Alekseevich Severtzov - Bonasa sewerzowi
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George Ernest Shelley - Francolinus shelleyi
- Alexander Skutch - Skutchia
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Helmut Sick - Terenura sicki
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Samuel Thomas von Sömmering - Syrmaticus soemmerringii
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Pierre Sonnerat - Gallus sonneratii
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Johann Baptist von Spix - Ortalis spixii
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William Swainson - Francolinus swainsonii
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Robert Swinhoe - Lophura swinhoii
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Władysław Taczanowski - Nothoprocta taczanowskii
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Coenraad Jacob Temminck - Tragopan temminckii
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Johann Georg Wagler - Ortalis wagleri
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Alfred Russel Wallace - Megapodius wallacei
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Nathaniel Wallich - Catreus wallichi
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John Xantus de Vesey - Hylocharis xantusii
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José Castulo Zeledón - Phyllomyias zeledoni, Thryothorus zeledoni, Zeledonia
Not Known
- Allen - Porphyrio alleni
- Archer - Francolinus archeri, Buteo archeri, Cossypha archeri
- Berg - Sterna bergii
- Charlton - Arborophila charltonii
- Fytch - Bambusicola fytchii
- Germain - Polyplectron germaini
- Harman - Crossoptilon harmani
- Harwood - Francolinus harwoodi
- Jackson - Francolinus jacksoni
- Lafayette - Gallus lafayettii
- Mandell - Arborophila mandellii
- Merlin - Arborophila merlini
- Nahan - Francolinus nahani
- Reeves - Syrmaticus reevesi
- Roll - Arborophila rolli
- Schleiermacher - Polyplectron schleiermacheri
- Swierstra - Francolinus swierstrai