The most accessible book reference I know of for the pronunciations of names is The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds, by John K. Terres. Another helpful source is Dr. Language Person's Guide to Bird Name Pronunciations at http://www.birds.cornell.edu-bird name pronunciations.

Burt Guttman
The Evergreen State College
Olympia, WA 98505 guttmanb at evergreen.edu
Home: 7334 Holmes Island Road S. E., Olympia, 98503

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From: tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu on behalf of Kathryn Hornbein
Sent: Mon 1/8/2007 8:54 PM
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: [Tweeters] Re: Latin Genus/species names



Re Latin Genus/species names. Until I know how to pronounce these
names, I simply cannot learn them! Anyone know of a resource for
proper pronunciations??
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Kathryn Mikesell Hornbein
1317 Devils Gulch Rd.
Estes Park, CO 80517
kwren at charter.net
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