Name a Bird You've Photographed (11 Viewers)

[Andrew Whitehouse]

1224. Oriental Bay Owl - Sumatra

 

[delia todd]

Cheers. I'll remove.





To be honest, I think alternative names in the spreadsheet just cause a pain in sorting things out. Another plea for IOC names in addition. Just a personal view...

All the best

Paul

There is a difference between Alternative names and proposed split names. Alternative names cover things like Bearded Tit - Bearded Reedling.

Then there's all the Myna's / Starlings

If someone looks for a Bearded Tit they can't find it if it was entered as a Bearded Reedling. There's also the Diver/Loon, Skua/Jaeger. Not everyone who plays here (and may in future) knows about these.

And there's loads more of course.

 

[Paul Chapman]

Same question.... Are these subspecies under IOC? If not what is the vernacular name of Lompobattang Fruit Dove?

1047. Lompobattang Fruit Dove - Sulawesi

1058. Red-eared Fruit Dove - Sulawesi

Many thanks

Paul

 

[Paul Chapman]

There is a difference between Alternative names and proposed split names. Alternative names cover things like Bearded Tit - Bearded Reedling.

Then there's all the Myna's / Starlings

If someone looks for a Bearded Tit they can't find it if it was entered as a Bearded Reedling. There's also the Diver/Loon, Skua/Jaeger. Not everyone who plays here (and may in future) knows about these.

And there's loads more of course.

About 5% of birds on here have names that are not the IOC names and yet the IOC names are not normally listed as alternatives on the spreadsheet in most cases so alternatives are far from comprehensive. Indeed, alternative names can never be comprehensive.

I understand that we are using IOC taxonomy so why not IOC names so you can always find your species on the spreadsheet to check whether it has been played before?

In addition, if you then need to re-number to remove erroneous duplicates a few hundred species later, the fact that the numbering is not always consecutive rows makes correcting it a nightmare.

I am at around 1,050 checking against an IOC list.

Just a perspective. Having started it, I am now at the stage of thinking I am mad but did want to get to the end...

As I say, if the list simply had IOC names then someone could always check their species IOC name against the spreadsheet single entry and have a definitive answer rather than an unknown proportion of alternatives....

Just a perspective.

All the best

Paul

 

[Andrew Whitehouse]

Same question.... Are these subspecies under IOC? If not what is the vernacular name of Lompobattang Fruit Dove?





Many thanks

Paul

Possibly not, although they're sometimes split.

 

[Paul Chapman]

Same question.... Are these split by IOC?

1049. Western Superb Fruit Dove - Sulawesi

1053. Eastern Superb Fruit Dove - Halmahera

Again. I believe not?

All the best

Paul

 

[Paul Chapman]

Any way, having regretted starting it, I have now finished. I believe that 1,223 species have been played on an IOC basis and the IOC vernacular and scientific names are as attached both as played & in taxonomic order.

I have updated the shared spreadsheet to 1,223 species. Apologies for any errors.

I attach prints as I could not work out how to attach my reconciled Excel spreadsheets.

Underlying spreadsheet kindly provided by Steve Lister.

All the best

Paul

 

[Paul Chapman]

I believe valid on IOC (still?)...

1224. Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica Australia

All the best

Paul

 

[Oregonian]

1225. Guatemalan Pygmy Owl (IOC) Northern Pygmy-Owl (Guatemalan) Clements
This was along the road as we traveled in Alta Verapaz, GT. I called it Central American Pygmy Owl, but was corrected; it's the Guatemalan race of Northen Pygmy Owl per Clements, split per IOC, so I can add it here.

 

[Paul Chapman]

Another owl...

1226. Australian Masked Owl Tyto novaehollandiae (IOC) Australia

All the best

Paul

 

[Oregonian]

1227. Northern Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium californicum (IOC) G. gnoma (Clements) 2009 in Oregon

 

[Paul Chapman]

Another owl...

1228. Costa Rican Pygmy Owl Glaucidium costaricanum (IOC) Costa Rica

All the best

Paul

 

[Jared Del Rosso]

New member here. Apologies if I make a mistake in posting this. Happy to correct. Just let me know.

1229. Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii (IOC) Denver, CO, USA

 

[Paul Chapman]

These are "the rules" as it were....

This is an idea I had, basically a copy of name a bird you've seen, but instead you have to have photographed it, and you need to post the photo when you name it.

We'll go with similar rules to the name a bird you've seen thread.

1. You have to have seen and photographed the bird - any photo's must be your own.
2. You cannot repeat a bird that someone else has already named.
3. You are allowed to make 3 wrong entries, after the 3rd you must sit out for the next 10 birds
4. You can't post two bird in a row (after yourself)
5. At least to start off with, try and link the bird you post with the previous bird
6. Add your photo as an attached file rather than in post as this should make each post slightly smaller, so slightly less scrolling!

Below is a link to a spreadsheet which will hold all the birds named (if this goes as well as the name a bird you've seen thread we will need one!) If anyone wants to help keep it updated LMK.

Name A Bird You've Photographed

Sheet1 No,Species,Photographer,Comments 1,Rook,BenjiS 2,Carrion Crow,Delia Todd 3,Western Jackdaw,BenjiS 4,Little Blue Heron,WACCOE 5,Grey Heron,BenjiS 6,Western Cattle Egret,Swindon Addick 7,Yellow-Crowned Night Heron,WACCOE 8,Yellow-Legged Gull,Swindon Addick 9,Black-Legged Kittiwake,BenjiS 10...

docs.google.com

Good Luck!

I can see a connection between poorwills/nighthawks/nightjars and Owls as nightbirds.

Another owl for me.....

1230. Boreal/Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus (IOC) Finland & Shetland Isles, Scotland.

Just lost an hour's sleep due to the clocks changing so I should call it a day.

All the best

Paul

 

[awiner]

These are "the rules" as it were....



I can see a connection between poorwills/nighthawks/nightjars and Owls as nightbirds.

Another owl for me.....

1230. Boreal/Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus (IOC) Finland & Shetland Isles, Scotland.

Just lost an hour's sleep due to the clocks changing so I should call it a day.

All the best

Paul

1231. Great Gray Owl, Yosemite NP California

 

[Jeff Hopkins]

Cordonbleu?

Yep. God only knows why they call it that.

 

[Jeff Hopkins]

As to IOC versus Clements, I don't use IOC and don't know the IOC names. So expecting me (and other North American birders) to check whether there is a different name for every bird we post here is not really practical.

Sorry.

 

[Jeff Hopkins]

1232. African Scops-owl - Ethiopia

 

[SueO]

Yep. God only knows why they call it that.

I can only hope it isn't as culinary as it sounds. I remember visting a museum in the Bay of Islands, NZ. There was a reference to Little Blue Penguins being called "Sweet Birds" by the Maori. I thought how "sweet" that was until it became clear that meant 'sweet' as in tasty. Poor little Budgies probably got their name from 'Betcherrygah', Aboriginal for "good bird", 'good' didn't mean well behaved.

 

[Jeff Hopkins]

Did a little more homework. The name was coined by a French ornithologist in the 1700's. Cordon bleu literally means "blue cord", but colloquially can be thought of as "blue ribbon." It apparently simply refers to their beautiful blue color.

The food wasn't invented until the mid-twentieth century.