About Icterus graceannae Cassin, 1867
The scientific name of this species is Icterus graceannae Cassin, 1867. Naturalist John Cassin named Icterus graceannae in 1867 to honor his protege, Graceanna Lewis, a pioneering American female ornithologist. Cassin's first published description of the species appeared in the 1867 issue of the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, which was published in Philadelphia.