What bird name would like to change?

[NorthernKeys]

23 minutes ago, Tanager 101 said:

I also call Common Gallinule Common Moorhen

Same here, although I would say American rather than Common to specify it from Eurasian and Dusky. They're already called Moorhens, so why not American Moorhen too?

[meghann]

21 minutes ago, NorthernKeys said:

Same here, although I would say American rather than Common to specify it from Eurasian and Dusky. They're already called Moorhens, so why not American Moorhen too?

 

[Aaron]

2 hours ago, meghann said:

This has been driving me nuts. I have been googling and googling trying to figure out where this would come from, and haven't found anything.

I think it’s because its plumage, specifically the spotting, looks like a toasted marshmallow

[Zoroark]

3 hours ago, meghann said:

PBSP, or peanut butter sparrow ?

That goes along with the Peanut Butter Grebe.

Definitely in agreement with the Ring-necked Duck. I've noted down "Ring-billed Duck" by accident, possibly due to seeing the Ring-billed Gull on the same outing. Honorifics should probably go, as well.

A more controversial opinion would be renaming entire families that are unrelated, such as how the New World blackbirds, robins, and orioles have no relation to their respective Old World brethren.

Edited April 8, 2022 by Zoroark

[meghann]

2 minutes ago, Zoroark said:

A more controversial opinion would be renaming entire families that are unrelated, such as how the New World blackbirds, robins, and orioles have no relation to their respective Old World brethren.

Oh no, I'm on board with this. While we're at it, let's rename robin to Orange-breasted Thrush.

[HamRHead]

6 hours ago, meghann said:

Oh no, I'm on board with this. While we're at it, let's rename robin to Orange-breasted Thrush.

Hmm...I was skim reading and missed the "hr" in Thrush ?

[Peromyscus]

10 hours ago, meghann said:

Oh no, I'm on board with this. While we're at it, let's rename robin to Orange-breasted Thrush.

Or how about Migratory Thrush, to match its scientific name?

[Avery]

1 minute ago, Peromyscus said:

Or how about Migratory Thrush, to match its scientific name?

I thought that to, but it’s redundant, as it migrates less than other thrushes

[Avery]

Bicknell’s could be Appalachian Thrush (mountain and alpine were taken)

Swainson’s could be renamed easily if we split the subspecies…

[Liam]

On 4/7/2022 at 8:37 PM, meghann said:

@Liam is probably the one with the most authority on the forum to get this one changed. Lol. (How's that thesis coming, Liam? Why are you reading this? Get back to work!)

Yes, ma'am!!

FYI, the historic name for Bachman's Sparrow was Pinewoods Sparrow. I do advocate for the name change, even though that has some pretty severe implications for my manuscript! ?

[Quiscalus quiscula]

1 hour ago, Liam said:

FYI, the historic name for Bachman's Sparrow was Pinewoods Sparrow. I do advocate for the name change, even though that has some pretty severe implications for my manuscript! ?

I knew that! Thank my 1951 field guide.

[Charlie Spencer]

1 hour ago, Liam said:

that has some pretty severe implications for my manuscript! ?

Find -> Replace All.

[chipperatl]

I'm for some alignment on the Greater/Great and Lesser/Least naming.

We have Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs/Scaup, but Great/Lesser Black-backed Gulls/Roadrunner.  Then there is the Least Sandpiper, but no Great/Greater Sandpiper.   

[Zoroark]

3 hours ago, chipperatl said:

We have Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs/Scaup, but Great/Lesser Black-backed Gulls/Roadrunner.  Then there is the Least Sandpiper, but no Great/Greater Sandpiper.   

How about the Great Blue Heron and Little Blue Heron?

[chipperatl]

27 minutes ago, Zoroark said:

How about the Great Blue Heron and Little Blue Heron?

I knew I was forgetting one.  Yes.  Great/Greater and Lesser/Little/Least.  

[Charlie Spencer]

Green Heron?  There's hardly anything green about them.

[lonestranger]

Red-bellied Woodpeckers seldom show their red belly but I'm drawing a blank for a better name. I guess a number system is out of the question?  Red-white and Black Woodpecker #1, Red-white and Black Woodpecker #2, Red-white and Black Woodpecker #3,..... Red-white and Black Woodpecker #11, .Red-white and Black Woodpecker #12, etc., is probably not an option, eh?

[Charlie Spencer]

1 hour ago, lonestranger said:

Red-bellied Woodpeckers seldom show their red belly but I'm drawing a blank for a better name. I guess a number system is out of the question?  Red-white and Black Woodpecker #1, Red-white and Black Woodpecker #2, Red-white and Black Woodpecker #3,..... Red-white and Black Woodpecker #11, .Red-white and Black Woodpecker #12, etc., is probably not an option, eh?

Red-crowned.  Red-naped.  Eastern Ladder-backed.

Are any of those taken?  

Edited June 16, 2022 by Charlie Spencer

[IKLland]

47 minutes ago, Charlie Spencer said:

Red-crowned.  Red-naped.  Eastern Ladder-backed.

Are any of those taken?  

I know red crowned is for sure. 

[IKLland]

1 hour ago, Charlie Spencer said:

Red-crowned.  Red-naped.  Eastern Ladder-backed.

Are any of those taken?  

https://ebird.org/species/recwoo1
 

 

[lonestranger]

6 minutes ago, Charlie Spencer said:

Red-crowned.  Red-naped.  Eastern Ladder-backed.

Are any of those taken?  

I thought of those but thought they'd be a bit ambiguous since many woodpeckers have a red crown and/or a red nape and many have a ladder-backed pattern of sorts. 

 

1 hour ago, IKLland said:

https://ebird.org/species/recwoo1
 

 

Maybe Northern Red-crowned Woodpecker since they sure look the same.

[Avery]

I will add that I think Red-bellied is a better name than naming it after a person. Like how Franklin’s Gull might be better named as “Pink-bellied Gull”. The pink isn’t always there, but it is sometimes. 

[Colton V]

I remember being more upset than necessary when they changed Gray Jay to Canada Jay. Why did they do that?! Gray Jay was a perfectly accurate name and they live in places other than Canada! Are there even any other jay species that are so grayscale?

[DLecy]

9 minutes ago, Colton V said:

I remember being more upset than necessary when they changed Gray Jay to Canada Jay. Why did they do that?! Gray Jay was a perfectly accurate name and they live in places other than Canada! Are there even any other jay species that are so grayscale?

https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/2-16 OB V35%231 Ap 2017.pdf

https://corvidresearch.blog/2019/02/25/the-bird-of-many-names/

[Colton V]

1 hour ago, DLecy said:

https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/2-16 OB V35%231 Ap 2017.pdf

https://corvidresearch.blog/2019/02/25/the-bird-of-many-names/

So if I’m understanding this correctly, the name was switched back to Canada Jay simply because that was its original name and they wanted it to be more patriotic for Canada? I still feel like Gray Jay is more appropriate. And I agree with the second article—if we’re worried about what it was called originally, we should be calling it Wisakedjak!

Why does Canada have so many birds named after it anyways? (I know it’s only 3, but that’s 3 more than the USA) And the state of California, too (7!?). It doesn’t make sense to me to name a bird after a location if the bird is found elsewhere besides that location. Though I do recognize that a good amount of California-named birds are found only in Cali/Baja California…

Doesn’t really matter to me though, I still go with whatever the AOS decides. Sometimes I just like to get riled up over arbitrary little issues, just for fun.