Hi Merilyn
I disagree. I think the paper you refer to clearly explains the naming
convention.
Fairywren clarly falls into the first category
if the second word is a kind of bird (e.g., Nighthawk, Bushtit, Waterthrush,
Meadowlark). but the taxon is not a member of the bird family named.
and therefore should not be hyphenated
cheers
tony
Tony Crittenden
www.tcphotos.net
tcphotosdotnet.blogspot.com
Adelaide
South Australia
> Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 12:24:02 +1100
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> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Hyphens and "wrens"
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> This is an interesting site.
> http://www.worldbirdnames.org/rules-compound.html
> After reading it, I think I was more confused than before!
> Cheers,
> Merrilyn
>
> wrote:
> > I wondered the other day why Red Wattlebird doesn't have a hyphen???
> > Its only the wattle that is red, not the bird. Should it be Red-wattled
> > bird, or Red-wattled Wattledbird. ; )
> >
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> > Peter Shute <>
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> > Tony Russell <>, "'Birding-aus (E-mail)'"
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> > RE: [Birding-Aus] Hyphens and "wrens"
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> > Thanks, Tony. I knew someone would know.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tony Russell
> > Sent: Tuesday, 1 December 2009 10:42 AM
> > To: Peter Shute; 'Birding-aus (E-mail)'
> > Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Hyphens and "wrens"
> >
> > No no no Peter, they ran out of hyphens.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:
> > On Behalf Of Peter Shute
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 10:05 AM
> > To: Birding-aus (E-mail)
> > Subject: [Birding-Aus] Hyphens and "wrens"
> >
> >
> > I never realised there's a hyphen in "fairy-wren", and "emu-wren" too,
> > till I saw the responses to my recent posting in the never ending Jabiru
> > discussion. They don't put a hyphen in grasswren, fernwren, heathwren or
> > scrubwren, and I just assumed none of them had one.
> >
> > Does anyone know the reasons for this? Surely it's not just the result of
> > some random decisions.
> >
> > Peter Shute==========www.birding-aus.org
> > birding-aus.blogspot.com
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