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  1. Nutcracker

    new idea: English names for Clapper/King Rail split

    Yep, exactly. And sometimes, not even that. In Parulidae alone, one needs only think of Connecticut Warbler (an uncommon passage migrant in CT, hardly core range!), Kentucky Warbler, Louisiana Waterthrush, Tennessee Warbler. Are there even any birds at all named after any US state that are...
  2. Nutcracker

    new idea: English names for Clapper/King Rail split

    How much of its range is outside Alta California + Baja California?
  3. Nutcracker

    new idea: English names for Clapper/King Rail split

    On similar reasoning, why not California Rail? Others like California Quail and California Gull are not wholly restricted to California, so that the rail also extends into parts of NW Mexico outside of Baja California does not matter. Particularly not as the people living where it occurs outside...
  4. Nutcracker

    new idea: English names for Clapper/King Rail split

    Whose fault is that? :king:
  5. Nutcracker

    new idea: English names for Clapper/King Rail split

    :-O Not sure anyone still calls it "Sora Rail" now, though? But suppose Rallus limicola proves to be more related to the "clappers" than it is to R. aquaticus – a very plausible scenario - would it have to be renamed "Virginia Clapper"?
  6. Nutcracker

    new idea: English names for Clapper/King Rail split

    Sorry, but Uggh! Would doing so leave Rallus linguistically paraphyletic in English? (i.e., will there be some Rallus spp still called Xxxx Rail, which are more closely related to "clappers" than they are to other rails?) I think I'd rather see Obsolete Rail for R. obsoletus. 3:-)
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