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  1. Reuven_M

    AOS to discard patronyms in English names

    I don't like this idea - both Black-throated Green and Blackburnian Warbler are very strongly associated with hemlocks in much of their range. To the point where you can locate hemlock groves from several hundred metres away just by listening for these two species while walking through hardwood...
  2. Reuven_M

    AOS to discard patronyms in English names

    Swainson's Hawk to Grasshopper Hawk seems like a no-brainer. Not sure if there's any other species that already have a colloquial alternate name. Other than Jackpine Warbler for Kirtland's Warbler, but not sure if they'll choose that out of confusion with Pine Warbler. Worth noting that the...
  3. Reuven_M

    AOS to discard patronyms in English names

    The AOS checklist does not include subspecies or provide English names for them.
  4. Reuven_M

    AOS to discard patronyms in English names

    I am curious about where they will eventually draw the line - presumably the AOS is not going to try to change the name of Blyth's Reed Warbler, Pallas's Bunting and other rare vagrants.
  5. Reuven_M

    AOS to discard patronyms in English names

    Another note on the list above - Strickland's Woodpecker is endemic to Mexico so wouldn't be covered (at least right away?), and there are a number of other species which don't meet the qualification of being primarily in the US or Canada (at first glance Morelet's Seedeater, many of the...
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