Snapdragyn
Well-known member

Nice to see so many respecting the OP's request to not use this thread to debate the change. Oh well. More folks for my ignore list!
Personally, I'm happy to see this, & especially glad that they're doing away with the whole lot at once. Give us names that tell us something about the bird itself, & avoid (as was mentioned in one of the press releases I've read) the pitfall of setting up any 'morality committee' to adjudicate individuals as worthy or unworthy of honorifics on a case-by-case basis. That way leads only to further division. It'll be a bother learning all of the new names, sure, but it's a bother I'm happy to take on in order to further the inclusiveness of birding for future generations.
(P.S. I'm well beyond any 'Gen Z' or 'Millenial' age category, so don't presume my change-welcoming attitude is tied to youth, TYVM.)
Oh, & a couple of ideas:
Rose-throated Hummingbird for Anna's - I like the play off of Ruby-throated (although, I know, banding code difficulty there)
Also I'd really prefer Magnificent Mountaingem (or even Northern Mountaingem) for Rivoli's to bring the name in line with other members of the genus.
Personally, I'm happy to see this, & especially glad that they're doing away with the whole lot at once. Give us names that tell us something about the bird itself, & avoid (as was mentioned in one of the press releases I've read) the pitfall of setting up any 'morality committee' to adjudicate individuals as worthy or unworthy of honorifics on a case-by-case basis. That way leads only to further division. It'll be a bother learning all of the new names, sure, but it's a bother I'm happy to take on in order to further the inclusiveness of birding for future generations.
(P.S. I'm well beyond any 'Gen Z' or 'Millenial' age category, so don't presume my change-welcoming attitude is tied to youth, TYVM.)
Oh, & a couple of ideas:
Rose-throated Hummingbird for Anna's - I like the play off of Ruby-throated (although, I know, banding code difficulty there)
Also I'd really prefer Magnificent Mountaingem (or even Northern Mountaingem) for Rivoli's to bring the name in line with other members of the genus.