Bird dictionary in Opus (1 Viewer)

njlarsen

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• Oct 15, 2009

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Want to know what "monotypic" means? see the new pages with a bird dictionary in Opus!

Dear all, we have a new project that we hope all of you will help expand and improve, the Birdforum Opus Dictionary. The dictionary is spread over four pages Dictionary A-F, Dictionary G-L, Dictionary M-S, and Dictionary T-Z. Some of the already existing entries have a link to an Opus page on bird topography where the term is explained.

If you do go ahead and add words to the dictionary, please remember the usual rules apply: no copyright infringement.

If you feel that a word is missing but you don't feel able or knowledable enough to add the word, please add it to this thread and the editors will try to get it added.

Thanks
Niels

 

Last edited: Oct 15, 2009

KC Foggin

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• Oct 15, 2009

• #2

Nice work Niels!

 

delia todd

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• Oct 15, 2009

• #3

Well done Niels. It's building nicely.

An area that I, for one, would really like explained is what to call the various ages of birds.... ie the difference (if there is one) between Immature, Juvenile, Sub-Adult. Does First Summer come before First Winter, etc. Or are they First Winter before First Summer:h?:

Is there anyone out there prepared to take that on?

D

 

njlarsen

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• Oct 15, 2009

• #4

Thanks both, these pages can only become better! let us hope for the day where it is necessary to split into one page per letter because we have too many entries in there.

thanks
Niels

 

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Gary Clark

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• Oct 15, 2009

• #5

The reference I use is Cox, "Birder's Dictionary". Just as Clements is our source for taxonomy, I would hope we stick to some already well-researched reference.

http://www.amazon.com/Birders-Dicti...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255613132&sr=8-1

 

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Gary Clark

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• Oct 15, 2009

• #6

According to Cox, an immature is a young bird, fully feathered, which has not yet acquired adult plumage but which may be capable of breeding. distinguished from juvenile, which is not capable of breeding..

delia todd said:

Well done Niels. It's building nicely.

An area that I, for one, would really like explained is what to call the various ages of birds.... ie the difference (if there is one) between Immature, Juvenile, Sub-Adult. Does First Summer come before First Winter, etc. Or are they First Winter before First Summer:h?:

Is there anyone out there prepared to take that on?

D

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njlarsen

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• Oct 15, 2009

• #7

I have a different "Ornithologist's Dictionary". The important thing is that we cannot copy sections from books any more than we can copy from a website; but hopefully, rephrasing a concept still will allow for the meaning to be correct. And hopefully, the different sources will not differ substantially in the meaning of a word.

Niels