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| Subject: | nomenclature/taxonomy question |
| From: | Gary Davidson <> |
| Date: | Tue, 23 Mar 2004 15:22:37 -0500 (EST) |
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I have noticed that a number of Australian birds have hyphenated names. In some cases both parts are the names of bird groups or families, i.e. Shrike-thrush, Cuckoo-Shrike, Parrot-Finch, Magpie-Lark, Quail-thrush, and Emu-wren. In other cases, the first word is more of a descriptor. i.e. Bronze-Cuckoo, Owlet-nightjar, Paradise-Kingfisher, Fairy-wren, and Reed-Warbler.
My question is, why are the second words sometimes capitalized and sometimes not? Why is it Shrike-thrush, but Cuckoo-Shrike? And why Fairy-wren, but Reed-Warbler?
Gary Davidson
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