Talk:Rufous-crowned Sparrow

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A fact from Rufous-crowned Sparrow appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 22 January 2008.

[1] interesting - I'll check it in me trusty lexicon. I knew the 'blood' derivation sounded odd. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 20:29, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

The text claims that it still has its original scientific name, but (Cassin, 1852) is in parentheses suggesting it isn't in the original genus. I'll check if I can. jimfbleak (talk) 12:34, 5 June 2008 (UTC)