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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sumit" data-source="post: 1738083" data-attributes="member: 1853">Bird names are never out of date - they never have that sort of permanence. They just await the next split, or the next lump, or the next Kurrichane(ing) <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />.I think names for most are an aid to identification and the simpler they remain the easier they are to communicate with. As long as an area follows a method, everyone understands each other. In India OBC is by and large followed and if OBC splits the fantail, the poster's label for the bird will be understood by all in India. We already have a problem because our main authority still deals in Ali/Ripley names, most bird-watchers use Grimmett/Inskipp and to have to deal with another set is very difficult in a country where bird watching is still in the kindergarten stage. And that was the reason for my post. It was not to disregard change but to suggest what made sense to the poster.Cheers!</blockquote>