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noun
Synonym of thick-billed longspur (Rhynchophanes mccownii)
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Synonyms: thick-billed longspur
Antonyms: none provided
History
Named after then-Captain John P. McCown, an American army officer who in 1851 collected the specimen that led to the species first being scientifically described.
