Interesting discussion and I thought I'd chime in with my wife's pet name
for Striated Thornbills: "Chubbies" because they are "cute, chubby little
birds". I will often tell her that there is a family of "Chubbies" in the
backyard but that's just a term the two of us use.
I am familiar with a lot of the alternative common names mentioned in this
discussion but I struggle with the acronyms and abbreviations (it took me
ages to work out what CBCs are) . I also thought that Double-bars had to
be Double Barred Finches. Regional variations with common names is another
factor: Magpie-Lark, Mudlark and Pee Wee but I'd never heard of Murray
Magpie.
Some time ago I met a fellow at Cape Range National Park who asked me if I
had seen the Calamanthus. I wasn't sure how to respond and it took me
several days to work out that he was asking about the Rufous Fieldwren (and
I hadn't seen one). I do have a working knowledge of generic and specific
names of Australian flora and fauna (particularly molluscs) but find it
easier to relate to common names that are unambiguous and give me an idea
of the nature of the creature.
Regards
David
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