Friday 14 August 2020

[cobirds] Re: So Long McCown's Longspur, Hello Thick-billed Longspur

Maybe call Ring-necked Duck "White-armpitted Duck"
The only way I make 100% positive IDs from long distances for these fellas.
The birds are happy, and so am I
~Caleb Alons, Larimer County

On Friday, August 14, 2020 at 8:23:11 AM UTC-6 rjpa...@gmail.com wrote:
And can we change Ring-necked Duck to a name descriptive of something you can see through binoculars?


On Wednesday, August 12, 2020 at 4:57:46 PM UTC-6, Richard Trinkner wrote:
Forgive me if this has already been covered on Cobirds.  I don't recall seeing it's discussion.

The AOU decided last Friday to rename the bird-fomerly-known-as-McCown's-Longspur to the Thick-billed Longspur.  I personally had not realized how controversial the bird's former namesake was.


I would imagine we'll be seeing the change in eBird soon.

Richard Trinkner
Boulder

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