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<blockquote data-quote="Gentoo" data-source="post: 1419896" data-attributes="member: 35131"><p>Personally, I tihnk "Great Northern" is a better name than plain dry "common".</p><p></p><p>I wouldn't agree that they're getting their way entirely. They now have a Lapland Longspur, Bittern is becoming Great Bittern. Scaup has become Greater Scaup. Night Heron is slowly becoming Black Crowned Night Heron.</p><p></p><p>With some of these recent standardizations, new beginning birders are having an easier time getting into birding when they see a list of field guide from another region. Beginners rarely learn scientific names and even if they did, we don't always agree on those; (ie. <em>Chen caerulecens</em>/<em>Anser cauerulecens</em>)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gentoo, post: 1419896, member: 35131"] Personally, I tihnk "Great Northern" is a better name than plain dry "common". I wouldn't agree that they're getting their way entirely. They now have a Lapland Longspur, Bittern is becoming Great Bittern. Scaup has become Greater Scaup. Night Heron is slowly becoming Black Crowned Night Heron. With some of these recent standardizations, new beginning birders are having an easier time getting into birding when they see a list of field guide from another region. Beginners rarely learn scientific names and even if they did, we don't always agree on those; (ie. [i]Chen caerulecens[/i]/[i]Anser cauerulecens[/i]) [/QUOTE]
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