Taxacom: more on bird names -- a petition against sweeping changes

[Kevin Winker]

 Please consider signing a petition against the American Ornithological
Society's decision to make sweeping changes to English bird names and
sending on the link:

https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.change.org%2Fp%2Fpetition-to-aos-leadership-on-the-recent-decision-to-change-all-eponymous-bird-names%3Frecruiter%3D607648895%26recruited_by_id%3D5d503000-8c99-11e6-8a35-1dde2ec944f8&data=05%7C01%7Ctaxacom%40lists.ku.edu%7C7b8b252396d341cf94ed08dbf28d5418%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C638370461037210495%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=SB%2FlDhLkWRDjPk6Tun8Jt23Solz6XLazpst0BpAGYE0%3D&reserved=0

If you are wondering why their decision should be opposed and we should
work on a case-by-case basis, Michael Hurben, PhD, has write a couple of
very thoughtful and powerful essays:

https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flegallyblindbirding.net%2F2023%2F11%2F08%2Fbird-names-and-barriers%2F&data=05%7C01%7Ctaxacom%40lists.ku.edu%7C7b8b252396d341cf94ed08dbf28d5418%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C638370461037210495%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=PsjXuop6xP5xJUD47%2FymYMg8LVbRaBElyTCYEFowMXM%3D&reserved=0

https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flegallyblindbirding.net%2F2023%2F11%2F10%2Fbird-names-and-barriers-part-ii%2F&data=05%7C01%7Ctaxacom%40lists.ku.edu%7C7b8b252396d341cf94ed08dbf28d5418%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C638370461037210495%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=slgUKiAYLtBZv07Cyg%2BisVmprcy2qXNQx6nSF4OEDR8%3D&reserved=0

And, for what it's worth, my resignation letter is here, with additional
links:
https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.universityofalaskamuseumbirds.org%2Fwinker-resigns-from-the-american-ornithological-union&data=05%7C01%7Ctaxacom%40lists.ku.edu%7C7b8b252396d341cf94ed08dbf28d5418%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C638370461037210495%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=gld%2FGz%2F%2BGrnEdwVGZ0X0%2F4tne8jZcjPo5KICaHqL1n4%3D&reserved=0

Finally, if your thought is, well, it's only English names -- well, clearly
the next battle front is scientific names (e.g., Guedes et al. 2023;
https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1038%2Fs41559-023-02022-y&data=05%7C01%7Ctaxacom%40lists.ku.edu%7C7b8b252396d341cf94ed08dbf28d5418%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C638370461037210495%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=uJvMvCAJZZ4dsxKq7Tunyvf9%2B0bUud%2F8K6AsjiEe39g%3D&reserved=0 ).

Best, K.
-- 
Kevin Winker
Brina Kessel Curator of Birds
University of Alaska Museum
907 Yukon Drive
Fairbanks, AK 99775

Professor, Dept. Biology & Wildlife and Inst. of Arctic Biology

<kevin.winker at alaska.edu>
kevin.winker at alaska.edu