birding-aus

Lyrebird renaming

To: "Willem Jan Marinus Vader" <>
Subject: Lyrebird renaming
From: Penny <>
Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2023 18:31:41 +1100
But the South American Jabiru looks totally different to our Black-necked Stork. 

On Sun, Nov 5, 2023, at 4:35 PM, Philip Veerman wrote:

There are lots of examples. Another one is Jabiru. Yes it is the proper name for a South American stork and the name refers to a feature of that species. So its etymology does not apply to our Australian stork. But for reasons that I don’t know the name was carried across to our stork and still widely used. I think partly because Jabiru sure sounds like an Australian word (like kangaroo and it has a big jabbing beak, it is easy to say and sounds less formulaic). And from there it was given to a town and an airline. Is it wrong? It is still a related species, just as our species is related to the White Stork. Is the relationship closer than to the real Jabiru? Black-necked Stork aligns it to the European bird, is it more wrong to align it with a South American bird? I will call it Black-necked Stork.

 

Philip

 

From: Birding-Aus [ On Behalf Of Ross Macfarlane
Sent: Sunday, 5 November, 2023 2:35 PM
To: 'Chris King'; 'Geoff Ryan'
Cc: 'birding-aus'
Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Lyrebird renaming

 

Very amusing of course, but given we are happy to name Western and Mallee Whipbirds that don’t, then a lyrebird with no lyre is probably not a deal broken.

 

Cheers,

Ross

 

From: Birding-Aus <> On Behalf Of Chris King
Sent: Sunday, November 5, 2023 10:06 AM
To: Geoff Ryan <>
Cc: birding-aus <>
Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Lyrebird renaming

 

What about plumed muckraker? 

 

On Sun, 5 Nov 2023, 9:49 am Geoff Ryan, <> wrote:

I just wanted to get in first with - The Plumed Mulchscratcher aka the PM (for the Superb) and the Lesser Plumed Mulchscratcher aka LPM (for Prince Alberts). Thinking of renaming all Australian birds.

Geoff 

 

<HR>
<BR> Birding-Aus mailing list
<BR>
<BR> To change settings or unsubscribe visit:
</HR>

<HR>
<BR> Birding-Aus mailing list
<BR> To change settings or unsubscribe visit:
</HR>


<HR>
<BR> Birding-Aus mailing list
<BR> 
<BR> To change settings or unsubscribe visit:
<BR> http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
</HR>
<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
Admin

The University of NSW School of Computer and Engineering takes no responsibility for the contents of this archive. It is purely a compilation of material sent by many people to the birding-aus mailing list. It has not been checked for accuracy nor its content verified in any way. If you wish to get material removed from the archive or have other queries about the archive e-mail Andrew Taylor at this address: andrewt@cse.unsw.EDU.AU