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William Swainson

William Swainson (October 8, 1789 - December 6, 1855), was an English ornithologist and artist.

He travelled in Brazil from 1816 to 1818, returning to England with a collection of over 20,000 insects, 1,200 species of plants, drawings of 120 species of fish, and about 760 bird skins. He was a friend of John James Audubon. In 1840 he emigrated to New Zealand.

Audubon named Swainson's Warbler after him, Charles Lucien Bonaparte named Swainson's Hawk for him, and Swainson's Thrush was named for him by Thomas Nuttall.

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