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Nope, sorry, anything deleted stays deleted ... ;)- Björn Bergenholtz
- Post #2,350
- Forum: Bird Taxonomy and Nomenclature
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Sorry Andy, I just wanted to help (as I happened to remember Tor's question/s) ... But, ok, as you're the initiator of this thread, I have deleted it. The floor is yours ... /B- Björn Bergenholtz
- Post #2,348
- Forum: Bird Taxonomy and Nomenclature
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Décès de Normand David, un pilier de l'ornithologie québécoise (published 18 April 2023, here, all in French) R.I.P.- Björn Bergenholtz
- Post #1,834
- Forum: Bird Taxonomy and Nomenclature
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Alcide d'Orbigny's OD of today's Sicalis urop..., as "E. [Emberiza] uropigyalis, Nob.", 1837 (here). A similar case (typo), with the exact same spelling (even if of/on a different taxon), is to be seen in a (French) comment here, but note that Layfresnay's OD itself (in "Rev. Zool 1843, p...- Björn Bergenholtz
- Post #1,450
- Forum: Bird Taxonomy and Nomenclature
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I'd say that "woidlands" is an even greater problem .... ;) A land to avoid.- Björn Bergenholtz
- Post #1,439
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Per Alström and Paul Donald (or vice versa) are "currently writing a handbook to the larks of the world (to be completed in the summer of 2020)", according to here, thus, it looks like it's been somewhat delayed. Also see here, and, if/when 'Added to Basket' you'll get the following message...- Björn Bergenholtz
- Post #1,429
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Honesty is a good thing, Niels ;), and if Stability of Names isn't a major Concern (I believed it was, and think it is), how about; Sentry Pewee, alt. Sentinel Pewee, for the remaining Contopus cinereus (Group), ... or not? However I agree that "Tropical" isn't a very good name considering its...- Björn Bergenholtz
- Post #1,310
- Forum: Bird Taxonomy and Nomenclature
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If accepted, and with the more Northern Short-legged (Tropical) Pewee Contopus (cinereus) [brachytarsus Group], I'd suggest that the name Tropical Pewee is kept (just as it is) for Contopus cinereus [i.e. the cinereus Group], and that we use the name Llanos (Tropical) Pewee for Contopus...- Björn Bergenholtz
- Post #1,303
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"Wangi-wangi, a single island of roughly 155 km2 in the Wakatobi Archipelago, Indonesia" (i.e. this Island), is not to be confused with Wangi Wangi, New South Wales, Australia (here). Thus, 'important' to keep the hyphen (in the Common/Vernacular name) ... :rolleyes:- Björn Bergenholtz
- Post #1,265
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Gustav, NE (Nationalencyklopedin/the Swedish National Encyclopedia) says: Meaning (for our English readers ;)): "Siberia, Russian Sibir, area East of the Ural Mountains in Russia; 12,8 million square km, including Russian Far East. ..." In General NE is (far) more trustworthy than Wiki. /B- Björn Bergenholtz
- Post #1,097
- Forum: Bird Taxonomy and Nomenclature
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"Beavan's Bullfinch" Much more about "Beavan's Bullfinch" (and the birds named beavani) is to be read in the Bird Name Etymology sub-forum, in the thread The Eponym Dictionary of Birds (here, posts #50-64), from late January 2018, though note that the main focus in that certain thread are...- Björn Bergenholtz
- Post #116
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Isn't there? You could buy one, or a pair, in Florida (and at a reduced price, right now), see here or alt. here ... !? An odd place ...- Björn Bergenholtz
- Post #93
- Forum: Bird Taxonomy and Nomenclature
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Andy, if you are talking of the Australian ornithologist John Penhallurick (who ran Worldbirdinfo), I'm sad to inform you that he seems to have passed in 2014. See, for example, here, or elsewhere. R.I.P. --- Björn Bergenholtz
- Post #91
- Forum: Bird Taxonomy and Nomenclature