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ioras, cuckooshrikes</a></li> <li id="menu-item-10040" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page"><a href="https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/bow/whistlers/">Whiteheads, sittellas, Ploughbill, Australo-Papuan bellbirds, Shriketit, whistlers</a></li> <li id="menu-item-10041" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page"><a href="https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/bow/shrikes/">Vireos, shrike-babblers</a></li> <li id="menu-item-10042" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page"><a href="https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/bow/orioles/">Orioles, drongos, fantails</a></li> <li id="menu-item-10043" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page"><a href="https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/bow/monarchs/">Monarchs</a></li> <li id="menu-item-10044" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page"><a href="https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/bow/crows/">Jayshrike, shrikes, crows, mudnesters, 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class="fl-row fl-row-fixed-width fl-row-bg-none fl-node-bzdnvt3e6lo7 fl-row-default-height fl-row-align-center" data-node="bzdnvt3e6lo7"> <div class="fl-row-content-wrap"> <div class="fl-row-content fl-row-fixed-width fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-col-group fl-node-bczn9ahlmk7x" data-node="bczn9ahlmk7x"> <div class="fl-col fl-node-d6iv4sc70ayk" data-node="d6iv4sc70ayk"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-rjzo9yek17x0" data-node="rjzo9yek17x0"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-rich-text"> <p>The English names of birds differ for the same species on different continents and vary annoyingly from list to list. On a world wide basis, different species may have the same name.</p> <p>Nearly twenty years ago, the leadership of the IOC saw the need for better standardized vernacular names. First came French names (Devillers and Ouellet 1993), then Spanish names (Bernis 1995). English names were especially challenging. They took more than fifteen years to compile.</p> <p>We believe that an improved system of broadly used English names will lead to success in ornithology and the conservation of birds worldwide. Names based on logical rules and consensus should aid clear and crisp communication among global stakeholders. The stakeholders include government officials, publishers, and philanthropists, many of whom are not comfortable with or literate in scientific names. Global birders also desire improved consistency and greater simplicity of English names. So do conservation biologists and the editors of the books on birds. All such stakeholders need to communicate clearly without using hyphens in four different ways and without trying to reconcile the treatment of different names in authoritative works. Thus on behalf of the IOC we encourage the use of these recommended, consensus-based names. We truly believe that the list of names recommended here has important strengths, and, if used widely, will promote consistency, authority and better conservation.</p> <p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><em>The IOC World Bird List is closely following the AOS discussion of patronymic</em> <em>English bird names. Our advisory team of experts will continue to review proposed</em> <em>changes from a global perspective, and on a case-by-case basis, as posted on this web site. </em></span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;"><em> </em></span></p> <p><a title="Principles" href="http://www.worldbirdnames.org/english-names/principles/">PRINCIPLES</a></p> <p><a title="Spelling Rules" href="http://www.worldbirdnames.org/english-names/spelling-rules/">SPELLING RULES</a></p> <p><a title="Hyphens" href="http://www.worldbirdnames.org/english-names/spelling-rules/hyphens/">HYPHENS</a></p> <p>Frank Gill, Minturn Wright & David Donsker</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article>  </div> </div> </div> </div> <footer class="fl-page-footer-wrap" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="https://schema.org/WPFooter" role="contentinfo"> <div class="fl-page-footer"> <div class="fl-page-footer-container container"> <div class="fl-page-footer-row row"> <div class="col-lg-12 text-center clearfix"><div class="fl-page-footer-text fl-page-footer-text-1">© 2024 | Updated August 17, 2024 with version 14.2<br /> IOC World Bird List v14.2 by Frank Gill, David Donsker & Pamela Rasmussen (Eds) is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US" target="_blank">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License</a>. </div></div> </div> </div> </div> </footer> </div> <a href="#" role="button" id="fl-to-top"><span class="sr-only">Scroll To Top</span><i class="fas fa-chevron-up" aria-hidden="true"></i></a><script src="https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/369-layout.js?ver=95edf0efd6a8a37eba5c92d020331182" id="fl-builder-layout-369-js"></script> <script src="https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/wp-content/plugins/bb-plugin/js/jquery.imagesloaded.min.js?ver=2.8.3.6" id="imagesloaded-js"></script> <script src="https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/wp-content/plugins/bb-plugin/js/jquery.ba-throttle-debounce.min.js?ver=2.8.3.6" id="jquery-throttle-js"></script> <script src="https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/wp-content/plugins/bb-plugin/js/yui3.min.js?ver=2.8.3.6" id="yui3-js"></script> <script src="https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/wp-content/plugins/bb-plugin/js/fl-slideshow.min.js?ver=2.8.3.6" id="fl-slideshow-js"></script> <script src="https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/wp-content/plugins/bb-plugin/js/jquery.waypoints.min.js?ver=2.8.3.6" id="jquery-waypoints-js"></script> <script src="https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/23985cfcb3a380794a56f578384f174d-layout-bundle.js?ver=2.8.3.6-1.4.10" id="fl-builder-layout-bundle-23985cfcb3a380794a56f578384f174d-js"></script> <script src="https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/wp-content/plugins/bb-plugin/js/jquery.magnificpopup.min.js?ver=2.8.3.6" id="jquery-magnificpopup-js"></script> <script src="https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/wp-content/themes/bb-theme/js/bootstrap-4.min.js?ver=1.7.16" id="bootstrap-4-js"></script> <script id="fl-automator-js-extra"> var themeopts = {"medium_breakpoint":"992","mobile_breakpoint":"768","scrollTopPosition":"800"}; </script> <script src="https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/wp-content/themes/bb-theme/js/theme.min.js?ver=1.7.16" id="fl-automator-js"></script> </body> </html>