Bird names for birds. Cool concept. The article includes many good reasons. We will have to learn some new names for old birds. I look forward to this.
In many cases, the person who first described a species for science decided to name it after someone who had nothing to do with the bird, making the people-name even more irrelevant to the bird. I hope one of the benefits of the new names will be that they relate better to the birds’ appearance, behavior, or habitat. This will make the species and their field marks easier to learn and remember, which I think will be more welcoming to all new birders as well as to any birders traveling to unfamiliar areas. I struggle with many western North American species named for people. Also, Kenn Kaufmann’s story is classic. - - Dave Nutter Begin forwarded message: > Subject: [The Washington Post] Dozens of bird names honoring enslavers and > racists will be changed > > The American Ornithological Society says it will alter all human names of > North American birds, starting with up to 80 species. > https://wapo.st/3Mr8fDw > -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/cayugabirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) aba_DOT_org/birding-news/ Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
