• Welcome to BirdForum, the internet's largest birding community with thousands of members from all over the world. The forums are dedicated to wild birds, birding, binoculars and equipment and all that goes with it.

    Please register for an account to take part in the discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.
Where premium quality meets exceptional value. ZEISS Conquest HDX.

Search results

thxpress_search_the_forum Search Opus
  1. Jacana

    AOS to discard patronyms in English names

    Thinking through this. Maybe the only "male" left in a bird name by next year could be Lucifer Hummingbird ;)
  2. Jacana

    AOS to discard patronyms in English names

    Waking up this morning with a genuine question: Will mythological characters be discarded? If so, Calliope Hummingbird should be added too I suppose.
  3. Jacana

    AOS to discard patronyms in English names

    There's already a Garden Emerald, so maybe best to avoid "Garden"? I like the idea of incorporating a "pink" word for this species. There are lots of potential words and they're rarely used in bird names. I guess due to the comparative scarceness of pink in birds. Magenta, fuschia and cerise...
  4. Jacana

    AOS to discard patronyms in English names

    Thinking about this for all of 5 minutes, I've been struck before by the similarities in colour between this as Narcissus Flycatcher. How about Narcissus Warbler?
  5. Jacana

    AOS to discard patronyms in English names

    Far fewer than men. Off the top of my head in the AOS area there's Lucy's, Virginia's and Blackburnian Warblers Elsewhere there's Eleonora's Falcon, Thekla's Lark, various Koepcke's birds and some named after wives of collectors- Mrs. Hume's, Mrs. Moreau's, Mrs. Gould's etc...
  6. Jacana

    AOS to discard patronyms in English names

    You might want to hold off on thinking up a new name for that one, given that it is possible it'll get split anyway, thanks to some recent research on the species.
  7. Jacana

    AOS to discard patronyms in English names

    Given the number of sparrows that have patronyms, it is rather tempting to suggest the "Cisticola method" for new names. Zitting Sparrow, Chirruping Sparrow, Winding Sparrow, Rattling Sparrow, Churring Sparrow, Wailing Sparrow.... :devilish:
  8. Jacana

    AOS to discard patronyms in English names

    The only thing I can think to count against Grasshopper Hawk, is the existence of a Grasshopper Buzzard in Africa, which may be a source of confusion.
  9. Jacana

    AOS to discard patronyms in English names

    Yep, if you want to complain about why we're even discussing this woke/sensible/patronising/disruptive/unpopular/popular/timely/problematic/nonsense (delete as necessary) turn of events, this thread might be a better place for it...
  10. Jacana

    AOS to discard patronyms in English names

    Townsend's Warbler I've heard the name Hemlock Warbler mentioned for this species. Given that it's range pretty well overlaps with that of Western Hemlock and it's a conifer specialist, I'm a fan of this suggestion.
  11. Jacana

    AOS to discard patronyms in English names

    I like the Swedish name for Baird's Sandpiper too- gulbröstad snäppa = Golden-breasted Sandpiper, although a slight revision might be needed to tone down "gold" a bit.
  12. Jacana

    AOS to discard patronyms in English names

    Thanks, removed Strickland's- don't know how it got there. I've kept the others though, while the AOS will be sticking with the predominately US/Canada species for now, we don't have to. If anyone has any suggestions for new names for the vagrants, we can add them too.
  13. Jacana

    AOS to discard patronyms in English names

    I'm keeping it for now as it could easily be adopted in the future (even if the AOS won't have it on their first round) and so would need a new name (see also Audubon's Warbler).
  14. Jacana

    AOS to discard patronyms in English names

    Bachman's Sparrow As one of those species that is restricted to the pine forests of the SE USA, an alternative name that is already in use is highly appropriate here Proposal: Pinewoods Sparrow
  15. Jacana

    AOS to discard patronyms in English names

    Wilson's Plover The feature that really stands out for this species, in my opinion, is the size of it's beak compared to all other Charadrius s.l. species. Proposal: Thick-billed Plover
  16. Jacana

    AOS to discard patronyms in English names

    Ok, I'm going to start off with Ross's Gull I think this one has an elegant solution, and propose the name Rosy Gull. We end up with a very similar name phonetically, while introducing a descriptive element.
  17. Jacana

    AOS to discard patronyms in English names

    Yep, you're right. I filtered the full bird list by whether the name had an apostrophe in it or not and forgot to remove that one! Change made.
  18. Jacana

    AOS to discard patronyms in English names

    So, we've had several threads on the topic of changing English names. But as the AOS seem to be about to make sweeping changes to remove patronyms from birds in their area, it might be good to have a thread dedicated to the changes. Some of the species will have alternative names which are...
Back
Top