Anyone who doesn't know a cuckoo is a bird is a ........
John Leonard
> On 25 Sep 2014, at 1:27 pm, "Jeremy O'Wheel" <> wrote:
>
> I'm not really sure what this has to do with political correctness. Do you
> honestly think there are people offended if birds are referred to without
> specifically labelling "bird" after their name? It just seems like an
> attempt to make it clearer what sort of animal they're talking about to me,
> which is good an example of good communication skills. You gain nothing by
> being only accessible to people with a knowledge of birds.
>
> Jeremy
>
>> On 25 September 2014 10:15, Peter Shute <> wrote:
>>
>> There might be more to it than adding clarity. Some people seem to like to
>> do it in normal speech with some common bird names that most people would
>> know are birds. E.g. jay bird, cuckoo bird.
>>
>> Peter Shute
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Birding-Aus
>>> On Behalf Of
>>> Philip Veerman
>>> Sent: Thursday, 25 September 2014 10:00 AM
>>> To:
>>> Subject: [Birding-Aus] FW: Bird tautology
>>>
>>> Yes but does it matter a lot? It is to aid communication for
>>> those who do not know automatically that tern and the others
>>> you mention already are bird names. Some of the names are too
>>> short and obscure without a qualifier. Why should anyone who
>>> doesn't happen to know, think official names like Redthroat
>>> is a bird or Luzon Bleeding Heart, that isn't even given a
>>> useful name like Luzon Bleeding Heart Pigeon. But it would
>>> surely be hypocrisy to be too critical on this as we also use
>>> "bird" as part of many official
>>> names: lyrebird, butcherbird, bowerbird, antbird, grassbird, bird of
>>> paradise, etc. What is really strange is that the same
>>> situation is used
>>> for so many frogs and fish (maybe more than not), but as far
>>> as I know, it is never used for any mammal. We never get Red
>>> Fox Mammal, Phascogale Mammal, Echidna Mammal, Blue Whale
>>> Mammal, etc.
>>>
>>> Philip
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Birding-Aus
>>> On Behalf Of
>>> Neil Cheshire
>>> Sent: Wednesday, 24 September 2014 7:41 PM
>>> To:
>>> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Bird tautology
>>>
>>>
>>> Has anyone else noticed the annoying trend of adding the word
>>> 'bird' or 'birds' to common bird names such as tern,
>>> cormorant etc. This evening's introduction to 'Wild Britain'
>>> mentions "nightjar birds" I have even seen it in a circular
>>> from the South Australian Dept. of Environment and Natural
>>> Resources which referred to "little tern birds". There
>>> appears to be cultural cringe/PC that does not want to offend
>>> or bewilder anyone who may be unaware that a tern, cormorant
>>> etc is in fact a bird! End of rant
>>>
>>> Neil Cheshire
>>> Encounter Bay,
>>> South Australia.
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