Exactly. If you're going to insist on using "official" common names you
might as well just use the scientific name (and agree on a taxonomy). Isn't
there something incongruous about the notion of an "Official" common name
anyway. Try telling the bulk of the population that Grallina cyanoleuca
shouldn't be called a Peewee.
Steve Murray
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Evan Beaver
Sent: Monday, 21 July 2008 2:37 PM
To: Graham Turner
Cc: Baus
Subject: Many Double-bars in breeding plumage
I second that. There can be no argument with scientific names. And I
don't see why they're any harder to learn than commons.
On 7/21/08, Graham Turner <> wrote:
> Further to this is when an 'official' name change occurs, or is about to
> occur, there are many early adopters posting names that make little or no
> sense to the majority of birders.
>
> And while we are on it, very few bird books show 'Campbell's Albatross'
for
> example, yet it is a widely used term. And don't if I understand correctly
(
> I may well be wrong) a search through C+B might not help.
>
> Common names will always cause problems, should we start using species
> binomials?
>
>
> Cheers
> Graham Turner
>
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