FW: Did you know?

["Geoffrey Dabb via Canberrabirds " <>]

Yes, that is interesting, as you’d expect from Ian.  Here’s something else that’s interesting.  ‘Pied Cormorant’ is a name on the COG website, and also used by Cornell/Lab, so that’s in eBird/Clements. Surprisingly, it’s also in eBird English (Australia) notwithstanding BirdLife Australia using ‘Great Pied Cormorant’ (therefore the name in the online HANZAB).  A matter of the time-lag in making changes, I suppose.

 

AviList gives ‘Australian Pied Cormorant’ which follows from the latest (and last) IOC list. That followed the IOC rule that the full name of one species (Pied Cormorant) should not be part of the longer name of another species (Little Pied Cormorant).  Makes sense if you think about it.  We can hope this will all be fixed in the current work on harmonizing English names.

 

From: Canberrabirds <> On Behalf Of Sue Lashko via Canberrabirds
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As usual, a very interesting read from Ian Fraser: https://region.com.au/cormorants-the-great-fishers-who-like-hanging-around/971608/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=daily&utm_campaign=2026-06-06

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