Identifying bird groups in need of a name change

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Identifying bird groups in need of a name change

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Subject:	Identifying bird groups in need of a name change
From:	L&L Knight <>
Date:	Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:46:26 +1000

Jeff is right, it is time to stop waffling and start a systematicapproach to the issue of dodgy bird names.

I would say that the first step is to list bird groups that areinappropriately named, such as robins, cuckoo-shrikes and magpies.


Regards, Laurie.

On 26/11/2009, at 11:29 AM, Jeff Davies wrote:

Surely this thread has run its course by now.
I honestly don't believe that there will be an overwhelming show ofhands to
start calling a Cuckoo-shrike a Cush, enough already.

Cheers Jeff.


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