Re: Coding bird names
J B Churchill (jbc@caf.wvu.edu)
Mon, 12 Apr 1999 19:11:45 -0400 (EDT)
That is because bird banding codes are based on earlier known
common names so that birds banded in years gone by are not confused with birds
banded recently. Perhaps The Tufted Titmouse was previously known as the
Eastern Tufted Titmouse (it could at any rate be separated from the
Black-crested Race). Bird banding codes for Baltimore Oriole should now make
sense (again), but the Blue-headed Vireo's banding code is SOVI. Go figure.
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On 4/12/99 8:48 AM Ellen Paul said
>Now, even that can be a problem because while there are official common
>names, not everyone uses them or knows them. You would need to know that
>what we commonly call a Titmouse or a Tufted Titmouse is actually an
>Eastern Tufted Titmouse. ETTI.
That is news to me. According to the A.O.U. Checklist of North American
Birds, seventh edition, there are the following Titmice:
Bridled Titmouse
Oak Titmouse
Juniper Titmouse
Tufted Titmouse
While there are two groups of the last (Tufted Titmouse and Black-crested
Titmouse), the former is not named "Eastern" according to the AOU.
Elliot Kirschbaum
Baltimore, MD USA
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