Tag: Bird names - 10,000 Birds

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Some Germans have a bird – A short birding trip through the German language

November 14, 2023 by Jochen 10 Comments

Well folks, it’s been a while. And whether the return is a permanent one or not remains to be seen as those factors sealing...

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Changing Bird Names (Again)

May 11, 2021 by Jason Crotty 5 Comments

On April 16, 2021, the Diversity and Inclusion Committee of the American Ornithological Society (AOS), had a “Community Congress on English Bird Names” to...

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What are the Costs of Changing Bird Names?

September 8, 2020 by Jason Crotty 10 Comments

The birding world has been debating whether honorific common bird names (e.g., Clark’s Nutcracker or Baird’s Sandpiper) should be changed. The broad arguments are...

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Great Mexican Bird Names

July 10, 2019 by Paul Lewis No Comments

By the time this post is published, I will be on a short trip to Spain, though not principally for birding purposes. So I...

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White, yellow or golden?

June 27, 2019 by Kai Pflug No Comments

Collared Scops Owl – A Cat Head Eagle For a German living in China, bird names have some additional complexities. Most of the...

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Welcome to Bird Renaming Week

June 23, 2019 by Mike 1 Comment

Was it Shakespeare who asserted that a bird by any other name would sing as sweet? Perhaps he didn’t write those exact words, but...

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Monday
Kai Pflug (weekly)
Birding Lodges of the World
Tuesday
Donna Schulman (monthly)
Susan Wroble (monthly)
Hannah Buschert (monthly)
Fitzroy Rampersand (monthly)
Bird Guides of the World (weekly)
Wednesday
Leslie Kinrys (biweekly)
Faraaz Abdool (biweekly)
Ask a Birder (occasionally)
Thursday
Paul Lewis (weekly)
Birder’s Lists (weekly)
Friday
David Tomlinson (weekly)
Species Spotlight (occasionally)
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Luca Feuerriegel (biweekly)
Peter Penning (biweekly)
Sunday:
Clive Finlayson (weekly)
Valters Videnieks (biweekly)

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Jason Crotty
Mark Gamin
John Hague
Sara Jentsch
Rolf Nessing
Dragan Simic

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