Bird Names For Birds

#BirdNamesForBirds - because birds don't need eponymous or honorific common names. Bird names should be about birds. After all, it’s more than McCown's Longspur

[Alex Holt @AlexJHolt]

An excellent thread!

I believe I said in an interview somewhere on the subject that when I was a kid I kinda thought eponym names kinda sounded like wizard names, and honestly until I started researching them for BN4B that was still the case...

[Brad Balliett @BalliettBrad]

And finally an Inwood legend, Annabelle’s Owl #birdnamesforbirds

[Tim O'Connell @Seiurus]

Just do it. I promise you that birders can handle new names (especially descriptive ones) for their birds. All the names are new to beginners. @BirdNames4Birds

Example
(tired): Bewick was a friend of Audubon's (the latter probs owed him money).
(wired): Gray-bellied Wren

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#BirdNamesForBirds

[Leigh Greenwood @leighradwood]

Fish, birds, moths, hornets, mountains, plants. Let's talk about changes. @BirdNames4Birds @jerutter https://t.co/yiBADwAK0S

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This upcoming week is going to be a big one and you’ll want to stay tuned…it’s the AOS meeting with votes, presentations, and more regarding all things bird names.
Make sure you’re following our account and #BirdNamesForBirds wherever works best for you now.

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We’re officially on Threads and Blue Sky! In addition to our original platforms - Facebook, Instagram, and this one.

Same base handle everywhere (due to character limit) - @/BirdNames4Birds

But the hashtag is spelled out - #BirdNamesForBirds

[Bird Names For Birds @BirdNames4Birds]

We’re officially on Threads and Blue Sky! In addition to our original platforms - Facebook, Instagram, and this one.

Same base handle everywhere (due to character limit) - @/BirdNames4Birds

But the hashtag is spelled out - #BirdNamesForBirds

[Bird Names For Birds @BirdNames4Birds]

@N8Swick We need a blue sky invite if you get another or know someone willing to share. Thanks!

[Alex Holt @AlexJHolt]

One year I promise I will genuinely get my act together and go to @GlobalBirdfair given its pretty local to me...

Also if anyone organising is reading, just throwing it out there that you could have @BirdNames4Birds and/or @SciAndSorcery material to your schedule...

[Tim O'Connell @Seiurus]

The slide (thanks @justsavebirds!) from @MatthewHalley's presentation on #AlexanderWilson and the #PealeMuseum that brought the house down.
#BirdNamesForBirds #BN4B

[Tim O'Connell @Seiurus]

Apropos of nothing, the #progressive idea of eliminating #eponymous names for wild things dates back to at least 1799.
#Peale #BN4B #BirdNamesforBirds

[Steve Bush @BioBush]

Bird Names for Birds! #birdnamesforbirds
@birdnames4birds

[Kathy Jones (she/her) @Volunteer4Birds]

1799
#birdnamesforbirds
#wos2023

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@cdanielcadena Thank you for this, Daniel!

[Dan Baldassarre @evornithology]

Update from the committee reviewing eponymous bird names @BirdNames4Birds #BirdNamesForBirds

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[daniel cadena @cdanielcadena]

no todos los días tu periodista científico favorito escribe un artículo para el que te entrevista y habla sobre una iniciativa a la que le has dedicado mucho tiempo y energía. y el artículo, como se esperaba, es maravilloso y profundo. gracias @edyong209!

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[Ed Yong is not here @edyong209]

🐦I wrote a piece about the movement to stop naming animals after people--and to remove existing eponyms.

It's a story about righting science's historical wrongs, but also about reconsidering the responsibilities inherent in naming things. 1/

https://t.co/tAg8MRGvD3

[Ed Yong is not here @edyong209]

🐦I wrote a piece about the movement to stop naming animals after people--and to remove existing eponyms.

It's a story about righting science's historical wrongs, but also about reconsidering the responsibilities inherent in naming things. 1/

https://t.co/tAg8MRGvD3