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Proper Good Old Bird Names

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The English names of many bird species found in Sub-Saharan Africa were changed a year or two ago, to fit in with the capitalist politically-correct elitist anti-social socialist bourgeoisie imperialist twitcher way of seeing things these days...

I say NO! And Roberts and Newman would turn in their graves, I tell's ya!

So as a part of the resistance within the revolution within the resistance against the regime, herewith a selection of proper names!

All fellow revolutionaries are welcome to add! \O


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Dikkop

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Thick Knee

This must be the stupidest name in the history of birding!

It is obviously a Colonial attempt to ridicule the also silly name of "Dikkop"...but we made the name first, so there! :evil:


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Thanks RP! \O

Bird no. 131
Black Eagle

Does this bird look verreauxs' to you, or what ever that may mean? O/


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It would be interesting to see what a person thinks the "new" name should've been....

Dikkop - ??? -O


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Re: Proper Good Old Bird Names

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So, RP, are you saying that the birds names should revert to the original names given to them whrn they were first discovered, or only to the names in the field guide you own? Or to the local names used in your region, but not necessarily the rest of S.A? :twisted:

So is it to be Crimson-breasted Shrike, Gonolek or Boubou?

Are you a splitter or a lumper here?


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Dewi wrote:So, RP, are you saying that the birds names should revert to the original names given to them whrn they were first discovered, or only to the names in the field guide you own? Or to the local names used in your region, but not necessarily the rest of S.A? :twisted:

So is it to be Crimson-breasted Shrike, Gonolek or Boubou?

Are you a splitter or a lumper here?
I don't understand what you're saying, but it sounds insolent! :evil:

Roberts' and Newmans' it shall be! 8)


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Dewi, I still refer to this bird as a Shrike. It was BTW the bird that got me into bird watching. \O


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Sprocky wrote:Thanks RP! \O

Bird no. 131
Black Eagle

Does this bird look verreauxs' to you, or what ever that may mean? O/
Agreed!

It's an eagle, and it's black!

Why screw with perfection!? :roll:

I'm sure Mr or Mrs Verreaux wouldn't have minded!?! :?


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Mocking Chat

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So now it is a mocking-cliff chat....!?!

Who is Cliff?

Sounds like some facebook page!?!

Adding an extra name costs thousands in ink all over the world..did the sociopaths ever think of that??

Preposterous, unless there are hundreds of cliff-chats, and this one missed the boat?

O/ O/ O/


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Giant Eagle Owl

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Now Verreauxs' blahblah...

I'm starting to wonder if the Verreaux family are now in the printing business! :lol:

Owl...Biggest = Giant.... \O

How difficult was that!? :roll:


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