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SIPO's and other XXXX's

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Subject: SIPO's and other XXXX's
From: "Chris Hankel" <>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 14:17:54 CST
Great idea Peter.

Sometimes we amateurs are a little loathe to show our ignorance and ask what the abbreviations mean. I can usually work them out using the glossaries of my bird books, but a formal list would be very handy.

Cheers
Chris Hankel
Reynella SA

From: Peter Woodall <>
To: "Chris Hankel" <>
CC: 
Subject: Re: [BIRDING-AUS] SIPO's and other XXXX's
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 13:45:49 +1000

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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