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Presumably these four plus the rest of these changes (except the Brush Cuckoo) are an alignment with Clements. Just getting ahead of any knee-jerk reaction equivocating this with the AOS common names situation.- Kirk Roth
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- Forum: Bird Taxonomy and Nomenclature
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And yet there is the Turkey Vulture, Northern Hawk Owl, Lark Bunting, and so on... The taxonomic committees are rarely accused of consistency!- Kirk Roth
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...with the addition that its not perfectly applied within North America either - e.g. Quail-Dove, Storm-Petrel, Foliage-gleaner- Kirk Roth
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True, but remember that there was a time when Clements was mostly lockstep with the NACC too. The ABA policy switch happened just after the schism between Clements and NACC on Mexican Duck taxonomy, and just before WGAC began influencing proposals to NACC in earnest - interesting timing. The...- Kirk Roth
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It actually is reflected in the checklist. Check Rallidae for good examples in both common names [e.g. "Eurasian (Common) Moorhen"] and scientific [e.g. "Porphyrio martinica (martinicus)"]. I just noticed this, but the header of the checklist says "Clements-updates." ABA Checklist 8.11 -...- Kirk Roth
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I've heard a rumor that they are finalizing/deliberating/second-guessing on one of the proposals - and that is the cause of the delay.- Kirk Roth
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Go to the "updates" tab at IOC World Bird List – Version 12.1 Instead of clicking Updates, hover to let the dropdown menu appear, then you can find whatever you are interested in - species, taxonomic changes, English names, etc. They have them broken down by version, so you can see just the...- Kirk Roth
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Clearly SOMEBODY is interested... or it wouldn't spawn page after page of speculation in these update threads!!!- Kirk Roth
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I'd be surprised if any members of the NACC or IBRC consider the overall goal of their naming decisions to get people into birding. That sort of thing is more along the lines of what the ABA does - although their leadership has long decided to follow suit with NACC names. I didn't get the...- Kirk Roth
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Its important to note that in the U.S., school funding policies are done on a state by state basis, with added local flavor that comes down to cities, counties, even townships... some do indeed approach the way you describe and some do not. On average, I agree that there is a lot of inequity in...- Kirk Roth
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