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Dozens of bird species in the United States and Canada will get "imaginative" new names that reflect their traits and habitats rather than the names of people, the American Ornithological Society ...
Bird names, both common and scientific, try to help clarify which bird is which. For black-capped chickadees, that means Poecile atricapillus for the Latin name, and any number of regional names.
Washington Post environmental justice reporter Darryl Fears breaks down a legacy of racism within birding.There’s a growing movement to change birds names tied to slavery and white supremacy.
Do birds' names tend to stem from physical or biological traits, such as a black-and-white warbler, or, rather, from people—such as Bonaparte's gull, which was named after Charles Lucien ...
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