Wikipedia says in its Bird's Head Peninsula article that the Indonesian name is "Kepala Burung" -- which means "Bird Head" according to Google Translate. I can see a lot of articles in Indonesian when I search for that phrase, so perhaps it's official in some way.Steering hard away from the question of whether Vogelkop is a great name (I'd personally prefer the geographic name used in Indonesia for that location, whatever it is, or just "Bird's Head" which is the English name), I would say that "Arfak" is inappropriate for the lorikeet, as the Arfak range is only part of the peninsula and the lorikeet is apparently also in the Tamrau Mountains.
It all gets a bit messy when you take into account that "Indonesian" (bahasa Indonesia) is not an indigenous language to West Papua. It wouldn't surprise me if "kepala burung" is derived from a direct translation of the Dutch "vogelkop".Wikipedia says in its Bird's Head Peninsula article that the Indonesian name is "Kepala Burung" -- which means "Bird Head" according to Google Translate. I can see a lot of articles in Indonesian when I search for that phrase, so perhaps it's official in some way.
OpenStreetMap shows a couple of nature reserves in the area with "Tambrauw" in the name -- its data is open-source but it's supposed to be in the local language.
So those are all "for what it's worth". Probably just a source for more bickering really.
Wikipedia says in its Bird's Head Peninsula article that the Indonesian name is "Kepala Burung" -- which means "Bird Head" according to Google Translate. I can see a lot of articles in Indonesian when I search for that phrase, so perhaps it's official in some way.
OpenStreetMap shows a couple of nature reserves in the area with "Tambrauw" in the name -- its data is open-source but it's supposed to be in the local language.
So those are all "for what it's worth". Probably just a source for more bickering really.
Thank youHi David
Thanks for posting.
A request. Could you have another look and tell us where Humblotia fits into the tree?
Asking for Jim.....🙂
Hi David
Thanks for posting.
A request. Could you have another look and tell us where Humblotia fits into the tree?
Asking for Jim.....🙂
I will see it in the Vangidae because of its distributionIt's unresolved. They tentatively park it in a basal position within the tribe Muscicapini in the subfamily Muscicapinae.
David,
"Our supermatrix (Appendix 2)" is cited in the caption of the book figure: the appendix should be in the book. Not in Oliveros et al, who did not study this taxon.
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Can we perhaps keep this thread simply to IOC updates and keep the etymology stuff in the right place?
Can we perhaps keep this thread simply to IOC updates and keep the etymology stuff in the right place?
What's the origin of Boobook, is it onomatopoeic?Back to IOC updates:
June 26 Accept split of Greyish Saltator into Cinnamon-bellied, Olivaceous, and Blue-grey Saltators. English names provisional pending SACC.
June 26 Accept split of Pied Myna into three species.
June 25 Provisionally accept newly described species Satin Berrypecker.
June 25 Revise the English names of the splits of Athene jacquinoti from 'boobook" to "owl".
Yes, aboriginal originWhat's the origin of Boobook, is it onomatopoeic?
🙄🙄🙄🙄June 27 Restore Pale Rockfinch to Passeridae pending further clarification of its phylogenetic status.