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    Petition to AOS Leadership on the Recent Decision to Change all Eponymous Bird Names

    I signed the petition but frankly I think this development with the Utah state legislature getting involved is terrible news. It seems very disingenous of the Utah rep who sponsored it to say it's not about politics, it seems pretty clear to me that this is being used as a culture wars wedge...
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    Petition to AOS Leadership on the Recent Decision to Change all Eponymous Bird Names

    That's something that I always have a bit of an issue with. They're taxonomists, and the vast majority of us birders are not. I like getting new ticks as much as the next person, but I'm much more interested in the reasoning behind taxonomic decisions. SACC and NACC provide that, often in great...
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    Petition to AOS Leadership on the Recent Decision to Change all Eponymous Bird Names

    I think it's basically the equivalent of BOU, and it's BOURC that keeps the official list - including English names - for the UK, right?
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