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Recent content by Paul Clapham

  1. Paul Clapham

    Petition for a dedicated sub-sub forum for eponymous name rants

    This?
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    Thraupidae

    I don't know if this helps, but it does seem related: From Argentine Ornithology Vol 1 by Sclater and Hudson: 51. SPERMOPHILA PALUSTRIS, Barrows. "It is just possible that Mr. Barrows’s Finch may be Azara’s unidentified Chipiu pardo y canela (Apuntamientos, vol. i. no. 143), which has the same...
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    Latest IOC Diary Updates

    Verreaux's Monal-Partridge Tetraophasis obscurus Chestnut-throated Monal-Partridge Change English name of Tetraophasis obscurus from Verreaux's Monal-Partridge to Chestnut-throated Monal-Partridge to align with other major world bird liists. Szechenyi's Monal-Partridge Tetraophasis...
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    Latest IOC Diary Updates

    BirdLife International is going to have to play catchup in the whistler department. It looks to me like their "Golden Whistler" species now encompasses 11 of the IOC species (if I counted right).
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    Latest IOC Diary Updates

    Mar 15 Post split of Vella Lavella Monarch from Kolombangara Monarch. Mar 15 Post split of Malaita Monarch from Solomons Monarch.
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    Latest IOC Diary Updates

    Also: Marquesan Imperial Pigeon Ducula galeata Nuku Hiva Imperial Pigeon Change English name of Marquesan Imperial Pigeon Ducula galeata to the more precise Nuku Hiva Imperial Pigeon following HBW/BirdLife.
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    Latest IOC Diary Updates

    Except that you did compare the situations yourself. I'm going to continue to use "Buenos Aires" for the capital of Argentina.
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    Latest IOC Diary Updates

    Mar 9 Post splits of Manus Brush Cuckoo and Solomons Brush Cuckoo from (Australian) Brush Cuckoo. Mar 9 Post split of Sulawesi Brush Cuckoo from Sunda Brush Cuckoo (formerly Rusty-breasted Cuckoo).
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    Latest IOC Diary Updates

    There's no instances of "Occidental" in my bird names database. Lots of "occidentalis" etc in the scientific names but none in the English names.
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    Latest IOC Diary Updates

    Mar 3 Post proposed split of Taczanowski's Brushfinch from Slaty Brushfinch. Mar 3 Post proposed split of Maranon Sparrow from Black-capped Sparrow.
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    Fringillidae

    I see snarky comments about that regularly on the 10,000 Birds blog (10000birds.com).
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    Fringillidae

    I think you're on the wrong track. Sure, you can report an incorrectly identified bird photo to eBird. Then the process is, the report goes into a queue for the eBird reviewer for the area where the bird was reported from. In turn the reviewer will send an e-mail to the person who reported the...
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    Fringillidae

    To report the main photo: click on the "eBird" link below it. That brings up somebody's checklist containing the photo. In this case the checklist identifies it as White-bellied Canary, not Yellow-crowned, so there could be that Birds Alive merging problem. But if you want to report the photo...
  14. Paul Clapham

    Diederik or Dideric?

    For what it's worth, the IOC "Multilingual Version" spreadsheet has "Diederikkie" as the Afrikaans name for this species.
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    Diederik or Dideric?

    Most likely yes. The intro to the book says its names came from a preliminary version of the IOC list.
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