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[Birding-Aus] Bird name

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Subject: [Birding-Aus] Bird name
From: "calyptorhynchus via Canberrabirds " <>
Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 05:12:39 +0000
I like terms like Australian Gull-billed Tern, Australian Intermediate Egret, but I thought there was a rule against them for some reason.


John Leonard
Canberra
Australia
www.jleonard.net

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On Fri, 22 May 2026 at 1:58 PM Geoffrey Dabb via Birding-Aus <> wrote:

I would be very interested to hear what people think of the different English names for the one species that are now appearing:  sometimes  ‘Australian Gull-billed Tern’, sometimes ‘Australian Tern’.

 

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