Clements names

[Mick Roderick <>]

Speaking of South America, I recorded Grey-headed Parakeets Psilopsiagon aymara at a number of places in Argentina (as named in Narosky's Field Guide), only to arrive in SE Asia and see a second 'Grey-headed Parakeet' Psittacula finschii. There are a number pseudonyms for the South American one, though I don't know how Clements deals with these spp.

 

Mick

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From: Andrew Taylor <>
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Sent: Monday, 7 January, 2008 9:55:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Clements names

On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 01:20:49PM +1100, Carl Clifford wrote:
> Seeing as the Americans have claimed naming rights to the Neo-tropical species,

The AOU's South American Classification Committee seems to do a good
job to me, and I've heard more knowledgable people say the same.  It has
representation from outside the US  - and a lot of neotropical work is
done from the US.  I doubt Spanish&Portugese speakers resent the AOU
choosing English common names either - maybe there is great antipathy
in Belize but I doubt it.

Andrew
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