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The 100 Best Named Birds, Ranked - Neatorama

Robert Francis undertook the task of ranking the greatest bird names of all time. The project involved going through the common names of more than 11,000 different bird species. A lot of birds already had notable common names long before they are studied, but you have to imagine naturalists and scientists having a hard time coming up with something both descriptive and unique. Many birds are simply named for the way they look, like shining sunbeam, mouse-colored penduline tit, bearded mountainee