SACC - a move away from IOC (1 Viewer)

[Mysticete]

how is that for an acronym laden title?

anyway a recent proposal to the SACC has a suggestion to recognize two alternative names for species with alternative names in the old world.

http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~remsen/SACCprop373+374.html

The discussion is interesting, in that quite a few points are made that, for all intents and purposes, this globalization movement is of more concern to birders than it is to scientists, and with the recent discussions I thought it would be an interesting item to post

 

[birdboybowley]

What happened to diver/loon??

 

[fugl]

this globalization movement is of more concern to birders than it is to scientists/QUOTE]

Interesting link--thanks for posting it.

As far as standardization of vernacular names being primarily of interest to birders rather than scientists is concerned, I'm sure that's right. What matters most to scientists are the scientific names which have been "globally standardized" (at least aspirationally) from the get-go..

 

[djringer]

What happened to diver/loon??

Not an issue for the South American Checklist Committee because no divers/loons appear on the SACC list.