Category Archives: Wildlife

auriparus (from aurum, gold, and parus, titmouse) flaviceps (from flavus, tawny, and caput, head) Saturday, March 31, 1984 — 10:40 am Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Arizona I spotted the Verdin foraging in the mesquite near the aviary. My family went into … Continue reading →

carduelis (thistle) psaltria (one who plays the lute) Saturday, March 31, 1984 — 10:40 am Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Arizona We were walking through the park near the bird cages when I saw this Lesser Goldfinch fly to the top branch … Continue reading →

dendroica (from dendron, tree, and oikein, to dwell) coronata (crowned) Saturday, March 31, 1984 — 10:30 am Tucson, Arizona — Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum This bird looked like the “Myrtle” Yellow-rumped Warblers I was familiar with, but with a yellow throat … Continue reading →

icterus (jaundice) parisorum (given in 1838 by Charles Lucien Bonaparte, French ornithologist, for the Paris brothers, who did considerable pioneer collecting of birds in Mexico) Saturday, March 31, 1984 — 10:25 am Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Arizona This beautiful Scott’s Oriole … Continue reading →

callipepla (from lophotos, crested, and ortyx, quail) gambelil (given by Thomas Nuttallin in 1843 in honor of his protege, William Gambel, an early field collector of birds in Southwest California) Saturday, March 31, 1984 — 10:20 am Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, … Continue reading →