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[magnetaress]

Get ready to say goodbye to a lot of familiar bird names, like Anna's Hummingbird, Gambel's Quail, Lewis's Woodpecker, Bewick's Wren, Bullock's Oriole, and more.

That's because the American Ornithological Society has vowed to change the English names of all bird species currently named after people, along with any other bird names deemed offensive or exclusionary.

Source: https://www.npr.org/2023/11/01/1209660753/these-american-birds-and-dozens-more-will-be-renamed-to-remove-human-monikers

[Meneldor]

I'd comment on the new names for the spotted warbler, and such, but then I'd get banned.

[booter]

so i spend a lot of time in the outdoors, and bird IDing is a hobby i dabble in

i think there's a good argument to be made to rename some birds, especially the ones that are named something because of a particular circumstance/moment in time. having a name that better describes the bird, its habitat, features, etc., and standardizing that across the board, makes a lot of sense to me /shrug

[Trexller]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booby

It's obscene!

Think of the children!

[aussenseiter]

Voted 3 because that's how many emojis from the title I like and use regularly.

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[magnetaress]

Idk. Anna is the most racist name ever. I just don't know how I will recover!

[unsunghero]

so i spend a lot of time in the outdoors, and bird IDing is a hobby i dabble in



Bird checks out page about itself

[magnetaress]

^ spent too much time out doors you will be the first to go when the birbs write their birbles!