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Hello! I'm Innotata, as I've been known on Wikipedia since 2009, after the

binomial name of the Madagascar pochard (Aythya innotata). Literally, the name means "unmarked" or "of little note". I'm a recent graduate in biology from the University of Minnesota, and a birder. On Wikipedia I mostly contribute to articles about birds and other animals, and add images. Take a look at my best work, below, to see what I am interested in and write about. A number of articles I've contributed to have been Did you know? articles on the Main Page, so they should be interesting. You can contact me by leaving a message on my talk page
.

I was inactive for a long time because I was affected by IP address blocks and personally I suspect I may unintentionally run afoul of the rules against proxies now and get account blocked. The system in place is rather unreasonable in blocking entire major internet service providers (counting mobile providers as well), with instructions out of touch with present-day reality that assume you have control over your IP address, router, etc. Be warned that my being blocked again is a possibility and if it happens I won't be able to respond to anything on wiki.

Some of my contributions

Recognised content

These are
good articles
I'm a major contributor to:

DYKs

These are articles I've started or expanded, and nominated for Did you know ...
A male Russet Sparrow
A male Russet Sparrow
Two little birds with thick bills and bright markings.
Cape Sparrow
Small patterned brown bird in a thick bush
Sind Sparrow
Male Iago sparrow
Male Iago sparrow
Male and female Afghan snowfinch
Male and female Afghan snowfinch
Irene Morales in 1881
Irene Morales in 1881
Harrison B. Tordoff as a fighter pilot
Harrison B. Tordoff as a fighter pilot

... that Mithaecus's recipe for the burrowing fish Cepola macrophthalma is the oldest recorded recipe?
... that the

brood parasite
?
... that when the
up market
" houses?
... that the clause of the Magna Carta prohibiting sentences of exile, except as the result of a lawful trial, refers particularly to the case of Robert Fitzwalter?
... that the bloater, which inhabits the depths of the Great Lakes, swells when brought to the surface?
... that the broad whitefish is eaten by brown bears when they cannot find salmon?
... that the rare, "almost legendary" Japanese lates was considered to be the same fish as the barramundi until 1984?
... that the pygmy whitefish is the most trout-like freshwater whitefish?
... that the Cape sparrow (pictured) successfully competes with its introduced relative, the house sparrow?
... that the Bering cisco migrates hundreds of miles up rivers without eating?
... that Edward Nicolls proposed that oak trees be grown in Sierra Leone for the Royal Navy?
... that J. Denis Summers-Smith became an expert on sparrows by travelling as an expert in tribology?
... that the black-throated gray warbler has expanded its range due to warming climate, instead of losing habitat like most migratory New World warblers?
... that the fossil relative of the house sparrow Passer predomesticus is known only from two upper jaw bones?
... that the
ornithologists
?
... that Charles Darwin discovered the Iago sparrow (pictured) on the first stop of the voyage of the Beagle?
... that the Afghan snowfinch (pictured) is the only bird endemic to Afghanistan?
... that the 2nd Dragoon Regiment is the only military unit ever to receive France's Escapees' Medal, because nearly all of its members escaped from the German occupation of southern France in 1942?
... that Irene Morales (pictured) was orphaned and twice widowed prior to joining the Chilean Army in 1879, aged 13?
... that Pile chose her stage name after the pile that is on towels?
... that Theora mesopotamica was once given the name Abra cadabra, because a scientist believed it "had been dead for a long time, and could be described as a cadaver"?
... that after pioneering free jazz in the Netherlands during the 1960s, Cornelis Hazevoet gave up music to study zoology in 1980?
... that India is raising the Sikkim Scouts to defend its 222 km (138 mi) border with China in Sikkim?
... that Bambolinetta was probably the only duck to propel itself underwater with its wings, like a penguin?
... that Harrison B. Tordoff (pictured) said he was passionate about restoring the peregrine falcon because his experience as a fighter pilot "was as close as a human could get to being a peregrine"?

Passer project

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Passer
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  • The Bio-star For all your bio-related contributions and first GA on what is a pretty obscure and hard to research species. Sabine's Sunbird talk 21:57, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
    The Bio-star
    For all your bio-related contributions and first GA on what is a pretty obscure and hard to research species. Sabine's Sunbird talk 21:57, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
  • Great American Wiknic Barnstar You are awarded this mighty Great American Wiknic Barnstar for your valorous efforts in helping to organize the 2012 Great American Wiknic in the great city of Minneapolis. -—Pharos (talk) 21:31, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
    Great American Wiknic Barnstar
    You are awarded this mighty Great American Wiknic Barnstar for your valorous efforts in helping to organize the 2012 Great American Wiknic in the great city of Minneapolis. -—Pharos (talk) 21:31, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
  • The Editor's Barnstar
    The Editor's Barnstar
  • Great American Wiknic Barnstar You are awarded this mighty Great American Wiknic Barnstar for your valorous efforts in helping to organize the 2013 Great American Wiknic in the great city of Minneapolis. -—Pharos (talk) 15:54, 8 August 2013 (UTC)
    Great American Wiknic Barnstar
    You are awarded this mighty Great American Wiknic Barnstar for your valorous efforts in helping to organize the 2013 Great American Wiknic in the great city of Minneapolis. -—Pharos (talk) 15:54, 8 August 2013 (UTC)
  • Quarter Million Reward For your contributions to bring House Sparrow (estimated annual readership: 284,000) to Good Article status, I hereby present you the Quarter Million Award. Congratulations, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers. -- Khazar2 (talk) 02:06, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
    Quarter Million Reward
    For your contributions to bring
    House Sparrow (estimated annual readership: 284,000) to Good Article status, I hereby present you the Quarter Million Award. Congratulations, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers. -- Khazar2 (talk
    ) 02:06, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
  • The Tireless Contributor Barnstar Thank you for expanding all those {{Cite doi}} templates in 68 Cygni while the bot is malfunctioning! StringTheory11 (t • c) 00:32, 19 August 2014 (UTC)
    The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
    Thank you for expanding all those {{
    t • c
    ) 00:32, 19 August 2014 (UTC)
  • Precious for quality articles about birds and other animals such as Olympic marmot and Iago sparrow, adding quality to existing articles, for the passer project plans, for "sourceberg" and abra cadabra, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:48, 10 February 2017 (UTC)
    Precious
    for quality articles about birds and other animals such as Olympic marmot and Iago sparrow, adding quality to existing articles, for the passer project plans, for "sourceberg" and abra cadabra, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:48, 10 February 2017 (UTC)
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