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Poll - Do you agree or disagree with the AOS's recent decision to abandon the use of eponymous bird names?
No I've got no idea what that is! But i'm happy for it to stay named Pluvel's Illadopsis! I just had a quick check on facebook & within 3 posts had seen mention of a Gonolek, Brahminy Kite & a Beluga- dave44
- Post #529
- Forum: Birds & Birding
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Poll - Do you agree or disagree with the AOS's recent decision to abandon the use of eponymous bird names?
Not really, apparently it means something like harsh or over-bearing - they are really stroppy & vicious when you handle them - Flesh-eating Shearwater would be a better name, but all the big shearwaters are bad, Buller's (=Rako) is even worse & their necks are so long they can get you however...- dave44
- Post #473
- Forum: Birds & Birding
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Poll - Do you agree or disagree with the AOS's recent decision to abandon the use of eponymous bird names?
Its already got another name in New Zealand - Toanui, which is was called for 100's of years before Europeans discovered it & named it after the colour of their skin - I understand the original description specifically says something about skin colour, not meat colour. Personally, I can...- dave44
- Post #471
- Forum: Birds & Birding