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November 3, 2023 at 3:26 AM ... AOS will change all English bird names currently named after people within its geographic jurisdiction—one step in an effort to address past wrongs and engage ...
A Cooper's Hawk perches on a utility line. This is one of the many birds that will receive a new name. The American Ornithological Society announced it is renaming all birds named after people ...
The AOS changed the name of this species from "oldsquaw" to "long-tailed duck" in 2000.On June 22, 2020, the Bird Names for Birds (BNFB) campaign was launched through a letter to the American Ornithological Society, penned by ornithologists Gabriel Foley and Jordan Rutter, and co-signed by 180 other individuals. [19]
The American Ornithological Society said after controversy that persisted for years, it will remove human names for bird species. ... November 2, 2023 at 10:26 PM.
The northern cardinal is the state bird of Ohio. This list of birds of Ohio includes species documented in the U.S. state of Ohio and accepted by Ohio Bird Records Committee (OBRC). As of November 2024, there were 451 species on the official list. [1]
Birds of the World: Recommended English Names is a paperback book written by Frank Gill and Minturn Wright on behalf of the International Ornithologists' Union. The book is an attempt to produce a standardized set of English names for all bird species and is the product of a project set in motion at the 1990 International Ornithological Congress .
November 19, 2023 at 5:59 PM ... a scientific group that maintains the official list of bird names for North and South America, will focus on English common names in the United States and Canada ...
In this list of birds by common name 11,278 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. [1] Species marked with a "†" are extinct.