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Birds of the world - Recommended english names

To: "Tim Murphy" <>
Subject: Birds of the world - Recommended english names
From: "Dave Torr" <>
Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 12:31:18 +1000
I was going to raise the issue of taxonomy but that is such a can of worms!
Yes - any list of course has to accept some given taxonomy and is thus
likely to satisfy only some people - the stuff I have read so far does not
suggest which taxonomy they accept but clearly it lumps Rosellas and has
(for example) "only" 13 species of Albatross.

I assume that on your scale of people "splitters" rate up there with saints?

On 04/05/07, Tim Murphy <> wrote:

It is that kind of stupidity (ignoring extremely well established English,
or Australian, local names) which make this suggested name lists of only
academic interest. It is not as though there is any other bird called the
Eastern Rosella. If they are suggesting that they should be lumped, which
may be what they intend, they are premature, at least.

Of course they may just be "lumpers", and so rather lower than axe
murderers
and pedophiles on the scale of human beings.

Tim Murphy


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Fascinating project - pleased to see that in most cases they are using
British rather than American spellings.

Interesting to see if the next Australian list uses these names - I notice
that Eastern Rosella for example is NOT on the list (White-cheeked being
used instead).

On 04/05/07,  <> wrote:
>
> G'day all
>
> The International Ornithological Congress has just updated its list of
> Recommended English Names.
>
> It's available as a download (Excel spreadsheet).
>
> Though some of you might be interested.
>
> http://www.worldbirdnames.org
>
> Cheers
> Steve
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