[Tweeters] Amerigo Vespucci and the biggest loser

[Carmelo Quetell via Tweeters]

https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/bird-names-should-be-about-birds-not-people/

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Yes, it was mostly intended in jest, but if the AOS really means to go ahead with getting rid of eponymous common names shouldn't they be consistent? And shouldn't they change "European" and "Eurasian" just to be safe, since Europe may be an eponym?

Then there's absurdity of re-re-changing Rivoli's Hummingbird, Morelet's Seedeater, Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay, and Montezuma Quail (I leave Lucifer Hummingbird as an exercise for the student). Or perhaps they could use the common sense of the ordinary chicken instead of going out of their way to create confusion.
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