Thanks, Mark, for this Public Service Announcement. I have one of my own.
Let's pronounce this new name right. The word consists of two parts, *Spizello–* + *–ides*. So it is pronounced *spy-ZELL-oh-EYE-deez*. Not spy-zuh-LOY-deez, which is an execration. Similarly, the woodpecker genus *Picoides* is pronounced: *pie-coe-EYE-deez* And the gull genus *Glaucoides* is pronounced: *glaw-coe-EYE-deez* (puh-COY-deez and glaw-COY-deez, respectively, are execrations.) Yours for Truth, Justice, and the Pedantic Way, Ted Floyd Lafayette, Boulder County On Thursday, July 2, 2015 at 10:15:37 AM UTC-6, Mark Amershek wrote: > > FYI... Information received this morning from an ABA Blog posting. > > *New Genus for American Tree Sparrow* > > The species’s scientific name has changed from *Spizella arborea *to > *Spizelloides > arborea*. Genetic data show it to be not at all closely related to *Spizella > *sparrows. Instead, it is related to a group containing Fox Sparrow, > *Zonotrichia* sparrows, and juncos. > > Hope everyone has a nice 4th of July weekend. As always - Great Birding. > > Mark Amershek > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/15604aa7-7016-41b1-acd8-c52f7b34f910%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
