The story
To commemorate Edward Blyth (1810–1873), English zoologist and Curator of the Museum of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Blyth's hornbill
Today it means: Rhyticeros plicatus, a large hornbill inhabiting the forest canopy in Wallacea and Melanesia. Full definition →