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An unexpected change to eBird

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Subject: An unexpected change to eBird
From: Martin Butterfield <>
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2017 08:25:53 +0000
While filling in an on-line checklist today (using an iPhone) I found that the shortcut "sfw" no longer matched anything.  It turns out the hyphen has disappeared from Fairy-wren so the IOS eBird shortcut for Malurus cyaneus is now "suf".

Would anyone care to remind me why I hate taxonomists?

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