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  1. njlarsen

    AOU-NACC Proposals 2020

    I think one question here is, does a given percentage difference mean the same thing in different lineages? I believe that some seabirds (though my brain keeps coming forward with tubenoses as examples?) have an on average lower percentage difference between species than often seen in other...
  2. njlarsen

    AOU-NACC Proposals 2020

    I would like to add that my knee-jerk reaction to reading the name Ocotero was negative exactly because of the way it was presented (as an English name). Having read the actual proposal and used some time thinking about it I am ok with the new name. Niels
  3. njlarsen

    AOU-NACC Proposals 2020

    If the first part of the proposal had been named: 2020-A-1: Change the common name of Olive Warbler Peucedramus taeniatus to Ocotero then I think the confusion would have been much less. By stating that it is the English name that gets changed there is an expectation that the proposed...
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