birdmeister
Well-known member
Hello all,
I thought I would bring this subject up as I think about it a good deal when looking at books/websites and seeing bird names capitalized fully, partially, or not at all.
In a magazine that I get (Birdwatchers' Digest to be specific), bird names are capitalized in two ways. Either they are all lowercase (e.g "house finch"), or the first part is capitalized because of a name/location (e.g "Swainson's hawk", "California quail").
My method (I sometimes see it on BF too) is to capitalize both words regardless (e.g "Song Sparrow").
Is one way the correct way, or are both acceptable?
I suspect I'm opening quite a large can of worms...:h?:
I thought I would bring this subject up as I think about it a good deal when looking at books/websites and seeing bird names capitalized fully, partially, or not at all.
In a magazine that I get (Birdwatchers' Digest to be specific), bird names are capitalized in two ways. Either they are all lowercase (e.g "house finch"), or the first part is capitalized because of a name/location (e.g "Swainson's hawk", "California quail").
My method (I sometimes see it on BF too) is to capitalize both words regardless (e.g "Song Sparrow").
Is one way the correct way, or are both acceptable?
I suspect I'm opening quite a large can of worms...:h?:
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