English names for Troglodytes splits (1 Viewer)

[njlarsen]

True enough, but the overwhelming majority of T. pacificus seen by English speaking human beings is in redwood country.

I am sorry, but I doubt that. The proposal states that the bird shares Redwood habitat in California and southern Oregon, but I have seen/heard it in pine forest in southern British Colombia, not far from a major city like Vancouver.

Niels

 

[fugl]

I am sorry, but I doubt that. The proposal states that the bird shares Redwood habitat in California and southern Oregon, but I have seen/heard it in pine forest in southern British Colombia, not far from a major city like Vancouver.

Niels

Fair enough, I may have over-stated my case a little (& not for the first time ). But it’s still true that more T. pacificus are seen by English speaking human beings in redwood country than in the frozen north, so the general point still stands.

PS. I should have known I wasn't going to get away with "overwhelming majority"

 

[mb1848]

I like Kroodsma’s suggestion for English names of these two “the Whistling Wren and the Whistling Wren On Speed”
http://books.google.com/books?id=nBI_20Buh0MC&pg=PA224&dq="Western+Winter+Wren"&hl=en&ei=x5vUS9WfEpGq .


The singing life of birds

Western Winter Wren has been used in many books on google both scholarly and in books aimed for birders. How about Pacific-slope Wren? Reflecting in the genius of George Willet and Andrew Jackson Grayson??? Especially since the European bird is just Wren.

 

[Microtus]

Couldn't we call it Cordilleran Wren instead?
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[njlarsen]

Couldn't we call it Cordilleran Wren instead?
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Somehow I would expect such a species to occur in a Spanish speaking area ...

Boreal and Pacific works just fine for me.

Niels

 

[Kirk Roth]

http://www.worldbirdnames.org/updates-PS.html

At least currently, IOC has "Pacific or Western Winter Wren" listed as an accepted split for their next round of revisions.

Facetiously, I suggest this is the best name - "or" and all!