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  1. andrew147

    Vangidae

    Very informative, thank you :)
  2. andrew147

    Vangidae

    Can anyone tell me which has priority - Schetba Lesson, 1831 or Euryceros Lesson, 1831? Same author and date but different publications; however, I'm struggling to find precise dates.
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    Taxonomy in-flux updates

    TiF seems to think so. It's not the worst evidence I've seen. My question, however, was why use minor instead of the older name pusilla?
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    Taxonomy in-flux updates

    Doesn't mention ssp pusilla, which is also an older name (than minor) for the New World group of plain-winged crossbills. Anyone know if this is deliberate or accidental?
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    Yet another thread on eponyms... But this one might actually be fun!

    Thanks for doing this Mathieu, it's been a joy.
  6. andrew147

    Yet another thread on eponyms... But this one might actually be fun!

    Great Pipit & Macaronesian Pipit for me.
  7. andrew147

    Yet another thread on eponyms... But this one might actually be fun!

    Has also been called Coroneted Redstart in the past - but I don't like that, your options are all preferable.
  8. andrew147

    Furnariidae

    The latter, unfortunately.
  9. andrew147

    Furnariidae

    I'll send it to you ;)
  10. andrew147

    Yet another thread on eponyms... But this one might actually be fun!

    Pinecone Nuthatch? Restive or Restless Nuthatch? I have Turkish Nuthatch and Arabian Starling for these two - as names that have been in use already.
  11. andrew147

    Yet another thread on eponyms... But this one might actually be fun!

    For me: Ligurian Warbler | Tyrrhenian Warbler
  12. andrew147

    Yet another thread on eponyms... But this one might actually be fun!

    Happy to carry on chatting about this but let's do it off the thread - people are understandably vexed by the digression.
  13. andrew147

    Yet another thread on eponyms... But this one might actually be fun!

    Okay, I'll re-phrase - I mean that there is no natural or implicit attachment. Cetti's as a word conveys no meaning to most speakers of English. It's only meaningful if you already know that it is attached to a particular bird - most people don't know this and those that do likely took a while...
  14. andrew147

    Yet another thread on eponyms... But this one might actually be fun!

    Many birds already have multiple English names and this is not massively problematic. I would say that far more confusion is caused by having so many root names shared by unrelated birds - and by having entire swathes of similar species saddled with honorifics. I think it is worth the hassle...
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    Yet another thread on eponyms... But this one might actually be fun!

    I was talking about meaningfulness. IMO common names should convey meaning to anyone with at least partial fluency in the relevant language. The word Cetti's doesn't mean anything to most speakers of English. Indeed, of honorifics, I would say only Darwin and Aududon (and maybe a few others)...
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