Swedes expunge racist bird names.

[Gary Davidson <>]

Hi,Changes of this kind are not new! The AOU, and the IOC both changed the name 
Oldsquaw to Long-tailed Duck many years ago, for exactly the reasons mentioned 
here. More recently the IOC changed the name negrofinch to Nigrita, (and 
despite this word similarity to the word negro, it refers to a place name).Gary
  

     From: Carl Clifford <>
 To: Andrew Thelander <> 
Cc: birding-aus <> 
 Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 12:23 AM
 Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Swedes expunge racist bird names.
   
I hope it does not start a world wide trend to change the common names of birds 
which may offend people. I lost a lot of sweat getting a look at the 
Fluffy-backed Tit-babbler.

Carl Clifford


> On 25 Feb 2015, at 6:50 pm, Andrew Thelander <> wrote:
> 
> As I understand it, these changes are not to scientific names but to common 
> names in the Swedish language. I am hearing that the changes are meeting with 
> general approval in Sweden itself. It is not a case of do-gooders pandering 
> to a few upset locals.
> 
> Andrew
> 
>> On 25 Feb 2015, at 2:22 pm, Carl Clifford <> wrote:
>> 
>> It will be interested to see if the new names are accepted by the various 
>> nomenclature authorities. Precedence seems to be more important to them than 
>> perceive feelings of a few.
>> 
>> Carl Clifford
>> 
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>>> On 25 Feb 2015, at 1:20 pm, Dave Torr <> wrote:
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>>> The book publishers musst be pleased - all those new books to print!
>>> 
>>>> On 25 February 2015 at 13:12, Carl Clifford <> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> I post this with no comment.
>>>> 
>>>> http://www.smh.com.au/world/racist-bird-names-prompt-sweden-to-act-20150224-13nw08.html
>>>> 
>>>> Carl Clifford
>>>> 
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