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Roads in America cross referenced with Aves on Wikipedia

Birds are vertebrate animals constituting the class Aves, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton. They are warm-blooded, live worldwide, and range in size from the 5.5 cm (2.2 in) bee hummingbird to the 2.8 m common ostrich. There are over 11,000 living species of birds, classified in 44 orders. More than half of the world's bird species are passerine or "perching" birds. Nearly all birds have wings whose development varies according to the life style of each species. Wings, which are modified forelimbs, gave birds the ability to fly, although further evolution has led to the loss of flight in some birds, including ratites, penguins, and diverse endemic island species. The only known groups without wings are the extinct moa and elephant birds. Birds are the only extant members of Dinosauria, and are a type of paravian theropods. The digestive and respiratory systems of birds are uniquely adapted for flight. Some bird species of aquatic environments, particularly seabirds and some waterbirds, have further evolved for swimming. The study of birds is called ornithology. Wikipedia

We take the Aves article on Wikipedia, find the entries that belong to it, and look for roads whose name is the same as one of those entries. A match means the street name equals an entry's Wikipedia title, its Wikidata label, or one of its aliases. It says nothing about why a road has its name.

Matched street names 8

Each street name below equals the entry shown, once the road type (St, Rd, Ct) is ignored.

    1. ROCK WREN
    2. matches the name of
    3. Rock Wren,
    4. which is a
    5. Aves
    42 roads
    1. BEBE
    2. matches the name of
    3. Bébé,
    4. a
    5. duck,
    6. which is a kind of
    7. Aves
    17 roads
    1. BIRD ISLAND
    2. matches an alias of
    3. Genovesa Island,
    4. which is a
    5. Aves
    11 roads
    1. WRINKLE
    2. matches the name of
    3. Wrinkle,
    4. a
    5. duck,
    6. which is a kind of
    7. Aves
    8 roads
    1. GENOVESA
    2. matches an alias of
    3. Genovesa Island,
    4. which is a
    5. Aves
    5 roads
    1. GERANA
    2. matches the name of
    3. Gerana,
    4. a
    5. crane,
    6. which is a kind of
    7. Aves
    5 roads
    1. POLL
    2. matches the name of
    3. Poll,
    4. a
    5. cage bird,
    6. which is a kind of
    7. Aves
    4 roads
    1. THE MILKY WAY
    2. matches an alias of
    3. Milky Way,
    4. which is a
    5. Aves
    1 road

Left out 6

These names were found and then set aside. Nothing on the story page counts them.

NameEntryWhyRoads
EAGLEeagleCarried by more than 100 roads nationally5,111
HANNIBALHannibalCarried by more than 100 roads nationally124
MARTHAMarthaCarried by more than 100 roads nationally1,074
MILKY WAYMilky WayCarried by more than 100 roads nationally211
MURPHYMurphyCarried by more than 100 roads nationally1,876
TOWERTowerCarried by more than 100 roads nationally3,418

Every Wikipedia entry tried 90

Including the entries that matched no road at all.