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The Gouldian finch was described by British ornithologist John Gould in 1844 as Amadina gouldiae, [3] in honour of his deceased wife Elizabeth. [4] [5] Specimens of the bird were sent to him by British naturalist Benjamin Bynoe, although they had been described some years before by French naturalists Jacques Bernard Hombron and Honoré Jacquinot. [6]
The site has been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports the largest known population of endangered Gouldian finches. It also contains populations of, northern rosellas, white-gaped, yellow-tinted and bar-breasted honeyeaters, silver-crowned friarbirds, masked and long-tailed finches and yellow-rumped munias.
The Gouldian finch (Chloebia gouldiae) and Mrs. Gould's sunbird (Aethopyga gouldiae) were named in her honor. John Gould named the Gouldian Finch in memory of his wife, stating "It was with feelings of the purest affection that I ventured, in the folio edition, to dedicate this lovely bird to the memory of my late wife, who for many years ...
Gould's sunbird, or Mrs. Gould's sunbird, (Aethopyga gouldiae) and the Gouldian finch (Erythrura gouldiae) were named after his wife. [25] A visit to Gould in his old age provided the inspiration for John Everett Millais's painting The Ruling Passion. The Gould League, founded in Australia in 1909, was named after him. This organisation gave ...
Gould named the finch after his wife, so Elizabeth is remembered today in this gorgeous little bird, called not Elizabeth's finch, but more cryptically, the Gouldian finch. As Elizabeth was the illustrator of all the works, not her husband, Gould then needed to recruit other artists to finish the work that Elizabeth had tirelessly begun.
Spectacled hare-wallabies are likely to occur in the sanctuary The sanctuary is an important area for Gouldian finches 17°31′44″S 126°06′12″E / 17.5288°S 126.1033°E / -17.5288; 126.1033 Mornington Sanctuary , formerly Mornington Station, is a 3,582 km 2 (1,383 sq mi) nature reserve in the Kimberley region of Western ...
The site has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because it supports a significant population of the endangered Gouldian finch as well as populations of bush stone-curlews, Australian bustards, white-quilled rock-pigeons, varied lorikeets, northern rosellas, white-gaped, yellow-tinted, bar-breasted and banded honeyeaters, silver-crowned friarbirds ...
William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Lincoln and 1st Earl of Arundel (c. 1109–1176); The Earldom was created for the first time probably around 1141 as William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, is mentioned as Earl of Lincoln in 1143 in two charters for the Abbey of Affligem, representing his wife Adeliza of Louvain, former wife of King Henry I.