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  1. Paul Clapham

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

    This?
  2. Paul Clapham

    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...
  3. Paul Clapham

    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...
  4. Paul Clapham

    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).
  5. Paul Clapham

    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.
  6. Paul Clapham

    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.
  7. Paul Clapham

    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.
  8. Paul Clapham

    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).
  9. Paul Clapham

    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.
  10. Paul Clapham

    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.
  11. Paul Clapham

    Fringillidae

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

    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...
  13. Paul Clapham

    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.
  15. Paul Clapham

    Diederik or Dideric?

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

    Diederik or Dideric?

    Incidentally my copy of "Birds of South Africa south of the Sahara" from 2003 calls it "Diderick" so there's a fourth spelling.
  17. Paul Clapham

    Diederik or Dideric?

    Well! I was thinking the answer would be lost in the mists of antiquity. Here's some history: Clements called it "Dideric" in their book in 2000 and has done ever since. Howard & Moore called it "Dideric" too in their book in 2003 and then switched to "Diederick" in the 4th edition (2013)...
  18. Paul Clapham

    General taxonomy megathread

    As I pointed out in the other thread, it's inevitable in forums with a close-knit group of members to spend time just BS-ing. Andy A took umbrage at that observation but that's what happened over there. So if the BS-ing can be moved over here, that might be a good idea. Even though the thread...
  19. Paul Clapham

    General taxonomy megathread

    My impression is that they are two separate species plus a fairly well-defined hybrid swarm between them. I am certainly no expert on these topics but based on what I've seen various experts do in the past, I would expect them to remain treated that way. Although we could discuss renaming them...
  20. Paul Clapham

    Latest IOC Diary Updates

    It also seems to be there to make the meaning clear. After all, we could have a space to produce "Guttulate foliage gleaner" (or other variously capitalized versions) without mistaking it for something which gleans guttulate foliage. But then we have the occasional name like "Blue Eared...
  21. Paul Clapham

    Petition to AOS Leadership on the Recent Decision to Change all Eponymous Bird Names

    That's not much of an experiment though. You need a control group. For which I nominate pure mathematics. Now there's a field which is rife with eponyms. Even non-mathematicians may remember theorems of Pythagoras and Fermat (his Last), and I can tell you that's only the tip of the iceberg.
  22. Paul Clapham

    Subspecies groups and future splits

    The recent Clements checklists show every sign of being generated from a database. Which is not surprising considering the number of database specialists they must have on staff. The latest checklist did have subspecies Terpsiphone atrocaudata illex belonging to subspecies group Terpsiphone...
  23. Paul Clapham

    Subspecies groups and future splits

    I found one entry on a BirdLife spreadsheet from a few years ago which had a non-breaking space in the middle of a name. Took me a long time to figure that one out.
  24. Paul Clapham

    Subspecies groups and future splits

    You're correct; the Birds of the World spreadsheet contains a (presumably complete) list of subspecies. What I see in the book ATBOTW is drawings of a short list of subspecies for each species. However if you look at e.g. Synallaxis rutilans it says "7 sspp in 2 groups" and there are 3 drawings...
  25. Paul Clapham

    Slightly OT: translation from older german.

    Wikipedia has him as a German-Cuban naturalist named "Juan Gundlach". Gundlach's Hawk is (for the time being) named after him.
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