Legacy
Birds named for Ridgway include the Buff-collared Nightjar, Caprimulgus ridgwayi, Ridgway's Hawk, Buteo ridgwayi, the Aztec Thrush Ridgwayia pinicola, and the Caribbean subspecies of the Osprey, Pandion haliaetus ridgwayi. A Big Island subspecies of the Elepaio, Chasiempis sandwichensis ridgwayi, is also named for him.
In 2002, the American Birding Association established the Robert Ridgway Award for Publications in Field Ornithology.
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