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| | | | | (August 9, 2020) The American Ornithological Society's (AOS) North American Classification Committee (NACC) announced Friday, August 7 night via an email to society members, that a formal change was made to a single bird species's English common name. Rhynchophanes mccownii, the scientific name for this species and previously called McCown's Longspur, will now be known... | |
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americanornithology.org
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| | | | | The North American Classification Committee developed and published new guidelines for English bird names that specifically address the issue of potentially offensive eponyms or other names. While continuing to emphasize the fundamental nomenclatural principle of stability, the Committee sought to avoid perpetuating harm and placed greater emphasis on present-day societal standards | |
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underthebanyan.blog
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| | | | | John Kirk Townsend, who lived from 1809 to 1851, was a prolific American naturalist. In his short life, he collected specimens of several species of bird that were new to science. But he was also an odious racist who raided the graves of Native Americans. He removed skulls from their corpses and sent them to... | |
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