The Key to Scientific Names
Edited by James A. Jobling
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- importunus
L. importunus troublesome, insolent < portare to endure; Levaillant 1802, gave the name “L'Importun” to the Sombre Greenbul because it followed hunters and warned other birds by its loud, irritating and persistent calls (French importune tiresome, obtrusive) (Andropadus).
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