Lyrebird renaming

["Philip Veerman" <>]

There are lots of examples. Another one is Jabiru. Yes it is the proper name for a South American stork and the name refers to a feature of that species. So its etymology does not apply to our Australian stork. But for reasons that I don’t know the name was carried across to our stork and still widely used. I think partly because Jabiru sure sounds like an Australian word (like kangaroo and it has a big jabbing beak, it is easy to say and sounds less formulaic). And from there it was given to a town and an airline. Is it wrong? It is still a related species, just as our species is related to the White Stork. Is the relationship closer than to the real Jabiru? Black-necked Stork aligns it to the European bird, is it more wrong to align it with a South American bird? I will call it Black-necked Stork.

 

Philip

 

From: Birding-Aus [ On Behalf Of Ross Macfarlane
Sent: Sunday, 5 November, 2023 2:35 PM
To: 'Chris King'; 'Geoff Ryan'
Cc: 'birding-aus'
Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Lyrebird renaming

 

Very amusing of course, but given we are happy to name Western and Mallee Whipbirds that don’t, then a lyrebird with no lyre is probably not a deal broken.

 

Cheers,

Ross

 

From: Birding-Aus <> On Behalf Of Chris King
Sent: Sunday, November 5, 2023 10:06 AM
To: Geoff Ryan <>
Cc: birding-aus <>
Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Lyrebird renaming

 

What about plumed muckraker? 

 

On Sun, 5 Nov 2023, 9:49 am Geoff Ryan, <> wrote:

I just wanted to get in first with - The Plumed Mulchscratcher aka the PM (for the Superb) and the Lesser Plumed Mulchscratcher aka LPM (for Prince Alberts). Thinking of renaming all Australian birds.

Geoff 

 

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