C&B is surely the current standard for names in Aus. They agree with
King-Parrot, have Glossy Black-Cockatoo, agree with Carnaby's, Fig-Parrot
and Red-tailed. In other words S&D seem to have Glossy wrong but the rest
right
On 13 December 2010 12:40, Donald G. Kimball <> wrote:
> I purchased a copy of Simpson & Day to take to Aus in 2008 (I already had
> Pizzey) but on returning and working on my parrot DVD series these days I
> have noticed that Simpson & Day differ greatly from Foreshaw (for example)
> on the spelling of many species.
> Here are a few I found in Simpson & Day.
> Australian King-Parrot
> Glossy-black Cockatoo
> Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo
> Double-eyed Fig-Parrot
> Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo
> etc.
>
> The biggest difference seemed to be that the authors used hypens in places
> that Foreshaw did not. Can anyone tell me what the story is here? Did
> Simpson & Day just have fun with hypens or are there more than one way of
> properly spelling these species?
>
> Thanks as always for this great site and resource
>
> Don Kimball
> www.polytelismedia.wordpress.com
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