I thought some people here may find this interesting: http://toroid.org/ams/etc/dual-use-scientific-names
It's about some of the more interesting examples of names that have been given both to a genus and to a (different) species (of birds). Here's a brief excerpt: «The Farsi word Satrap (derived from an Old Persian word meaning "protector of the province", and related to Kshatriya in Sanskrit) features in the astonishingly similar names of the Yellow-Browed Tyrant /Satrapa icterophrys/ and Golden-Crowned Kinglet /Regulus satrapa/. The genus Regulus includes the Goldcrest /Regulus regulus/, Flamecrest /R. goodfellowi/, and Firecrest /R. ignicapilla/; besides which, the specific name regulus is shared by a Honeyguide and a Manakin. The genus Satrapa is monotypic, as befits a Tyrant.» -- ams
