People who are only birders should never complain about names being
unwieldy.
For those of us who chase reptiles and frogs as well, we have to deal mainly
in scientific names due to a dearth of suitable common names (CSIRO's
vertebrate list notwithstanding and largely ignored for that matter).
That brings us into the realm of Ctenotus quattuordecimlineatus.
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Dave Torr
Sent: Friday, 27 July 2007 3:10 PM
To: Philip Veerman
Cc: Birding-aus (E-mail)
Subject: [SPAM] Re: [Birding-Aus] What is in a name?
Puerto Rican Stripe-headed Tanager is I think the longest name according to
Clements - marginally longer than our own Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher
(which no-one is complaining about!)
On 27/07/07, Philip Veerman <> wrote:
>
> What is the basis to this complaint that "Black-necked Stork" is too much
> of a mouthful? Have you looked at the names of many of our honeyeaters,
> cuckoo-shrikes, fairy-wrens, etc. Most are longer than Black-necked Stork.
>
> By the way, my trivial off topic reminder to all of you who forwarded
> these messages ironically discussing word use and pedantry. I'll mention
> again: "Whats" is not a word.
>
> Philip
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