You know...
They didn't change Turkey Vulture to Turkey Stork and we still
have Artic Warbler (old world warbler related to thrushes and
kinglets) and New World Warblers (more closely related to
sparrows); House Sparrows (a weaver) and Song Sparrows (an bunting).

The AOU will do what they do, of course, but this is another one
of those cases where the English names should not be changed
just because the taxonomic wind is coming from a different
direction.

>
> HI ALL:
> There has been recent DNA studies published that put our Piranga tanagers
> (western, scarlet, summer, and hepatic) in with the family Cardinalidae
> (most closely to the genus Pheucticus (Grosbeaks)). So the AOU Checklist
> committee might be pondering an English name change for the group. I came
> up with these two:
> 1) Western, Scarlet, Summer, and Hepatic Piranga
> 2) " " Tanager-Grosbeak
>
> any comments??
>
> Ian Paulsen
> Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
> ipaulsen at krl.org
> A.K.A.: "Birdbooker"
> "Rallidae all the way"

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Mike Patterson
Astoria, OR
celata at pacifier.com

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