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Ornithological society to rename dozens of birds — and stop naming them after people (apnews.com)
submitted 10 months ago by GlassHalfHopeful@lemmy.ca to c/birding@lemmy.world
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[-] peachfront@toot.community 16 points 10 months ago

@GlassHalfHopeful

Yet Another Yellow Warbler Only This One's Wearing a Hat looks baffle-gasted

[-] GlassHalfHopeful@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago

Add more hyphens. That name should be official. 🙃

[-] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Someone give me a two word latin phrase for the equivalent.

[-] paddirn@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

Can we get more bird names like ‘Tits’ and ‘Boobies’?

[-] Kranerian@kbin.social 10 points 10 months ago

Does this mean we'll need a new version of the game Wingspan?

[-] Eufalconimorph@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 10 months ago

While this will make things harder for existing birders, it should make learning bird ID easier for new birders. At least some of the time all the birds will have descriptive names (seasonal plumage variations, sexual dimorphism, and age will still complicate things).

this post was submitted on 05 Nov 2023
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