{"id":10298,"date":"2015-08-22T03:55:49","date_gmt":"2015-08-22T10:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/birdaz.com\/blog\/?p=10298"},"modified":"2015-08-21T09:32:49","modified_gmt":"2015-08-21T16:32:49","slug":"dark-trails-bright-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/birdaz.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/22\/dark-trails-bright-birds\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark Trails, Bright Birds"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today marks the 150th birthday of George Kruck Cherrie, an Iowa boy who grew up to become\u00a0“prince of tropical American bird collectors<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

But he\u00a0worked inside, too. In 1891, when he was 26 years old, Cherrie discovered and described a new species of\u00a0tanager<\/a> in the collections of the Costa Rica National Museum<\/a>. The six specimens –which seem to be no longer in San Jos\u00e9<\/a> — had been collected a few years earlier by none other than Jos\u00e9 C. Zeled\u00f3n.<\/p>\n

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Cherrie’s new tanager has had its taxonomic ups and downs, but\u00a0Ramphocelus costaricensis\u00a0<\/em>is once again recognized as a full species distinct from the Passerini’s. And once again we call Cherrie’s tanager the\u00a0Cherrie’s tanager<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

R. costaricensis<\/a> is well worthy to hold a place of honor among the song birds,<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

as worthy\u00a0as the species’\u00a0discoverer is of his own\u00a0place of honor among American collectors and ornithologists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today marks the 150th birthday of George Kruck Cherrie, an Iowa boy who grew up to become\u00a0“prince of tropical American bird collectors.” But he\u00a0worked inside, too. In 1891, when he was 26 years old, Cherrie discovered and described a new species of\u00a0tanager in the collections of the Costa Rica National Museum. The six specimens –which … <\/p>\n

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