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Unknown Bird, Northern Ontario, Canada (1 Viewer)
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Nutcracker
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Ditto to Chipping Sparrow.
As an aside, that's an Arborvitae (Thuja occidentalis) it is in, not a Cedar (Cedrus).
As an aside, that's an Arborvitae (Thuja occidentalis) it is in, not a Cedar (Cedrus).
Nutcracker
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Erroneous, though; it isn't a cedar (and doesn't look remotely like one either)
Our Robins don't look much like actual Robins, either, but nobody's started calling them Migratory Thrush.
Reuven_M
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There is no authority for common names of plants on a worldwide or even a North American basis (I don't know the situation in the UK). It is pretty arrogant to say that the names you learned are correct, and everyone else is wrong.
Nutcracker
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One is needed though, like IOC does for birds. Cedar is the same origin as Cedrus (Greek Κέδρος), that's why the name properly refers to Cedrus
One is needed though, like IOC does for birds. Cedar is the same origin as Cedrus (Greek Κέδρος), that's why the name properly refers to Cedrus
And Gallinula refers to gallinule, not moorhen, right?
Andy
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Actually means "little hen" (diminutive of Gallus)
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