Hi Daniel
You¡¯ve really thought about this issue to come up with the Say¡¯s Phoebe. What a mess these changes would create. And for what? I for one never associate a birds name with its historic reference for instance Blackburnian was also assumed to be the colours, black and burn as in burning orange. However, I¡¯m not a historian and have no idea who Anna was in hummingbird and so and so on.
Keith Taylor
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On Nov 12, 2023, at 7:53 AM, Daniel Bastaja <danielbastaja@...> wrote:
?Good point Keith. I think if they are going to change the names, they should change the Latin names as well. To the best of my knowledge Thick-billed Longspur is still Rhynchophanes mccownii. So in a way, it is still named after McCown. A job half-done. But I guess it is much tougher to change the Latin names compared to the common ones. I guess they will probably get around to that.
If they do, Say¡¯s Phoebe is going to need a whole new genus. :D
Daniel Bastaja
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On Nov 11, 2023, at 20:37, pat.mary.taylor <pat.mary.taylor@...> wrote:
So what about all those insects, plants, et cetera et cetera and the Latin names.
Keith Taylor
On Nov 11, 2023, at 11:29 AM, Ian Burgess <ianburgess18@...> wrote:
??She sums it up well! Thanks for sharing.
Ian Burgess
Vancouver
On Nov 11, 2023, at 7:39 PM, sekhon.kelly via groups.io <sekhon.kelly@...> wrote:
?Another point of view from a Corvid expert, Kaeli Swift, PhD, on Instagram:
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Kelly Sekhon
New Westminster
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