SIPO's and other XXXX's

["Chris Hankel" <>]

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
>
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