At 12:17 11/05/2000 CST, you wrote:
>After waiting with bated breath and checking the glossaries of all my bird
>books, I still don't know what SIPO's are!
>Help!
>_
South Island Pied Oystercatcher ...
but to follow on this thread
N. Americans visiting here are sometimes surprised that we don't
have a set of standard abbreviations for our birds, as they do.
I think many of us use an informal system, eg
SIPO
BFCS - Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
but I wonder if somebody, probably Birds Australia, should think
about starting a formal list that everyone could use with
uniform meanings.
No doubt there would be some initial discussion/debate/biffos
as to the best abbreviation but a standard list would be
a great help when rapidly listing species in the field.
Of course some might argue that this would hinder communication,
and the SIPO are a good example of this. Only some people know
what this means.
Over to you
Pete
Dr Peter Woodall email =
Division of Vet Pathology & Anatomy
School of Veterinary Science. Phone = +61 7 3365 2300
The University of Queensland Fax = +61 7 3365 1355
Brisbane, Qld, Australia 4072 WWW = http://www.uq.edu.au/~anpwooda
"hamba phezulu" (= "go higher" in isiZulu)
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