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<div dir="ltr"><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/bird-names-should-be-about-birds-not-people/">https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/bird-names-should-be-about-birds-not-people/</a><br>


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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b>From:</b> Tweeters <tweeters-bounces@mailman11.u.washington.edu> on behalf of heapbigdoc@netscape.net via Tweeters <tweeters@u.washington.edu><br>


<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, June 23, 2024 5:48 PM<br>


<b>To:</b> tweeters@u.washington.edu <tweeters@u.washington.edu><br>


<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Tweeters] Amerigo Vespucci and the biggest loser


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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">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


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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">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.<br>


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