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<p class="MsoNormal">I think the key here is the term “birds of prey”, as it typically would refer exclusively to raptors (owls, hawks, falcons, etc). While nighthawks are nocturnal predators, since they are taxonomically different from raptors, they wouldn’t
be considered a bird of prey. I believe owls are the only bird of prey that are nocturnal, so “owl” might be an appropriate English translation if the Hebrew term is also referring only to raptors and not all avian predators. However, it would also be important
to know that not all owls are nocturnal – many are active during the day or at dawn/dusk, i.e. all nocturnal birds of prey are owls, but not all owls are nocturnal birds of prey.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Note that I wouldn’t technically consider myself an ornithologist, and there may be exceptions to the above that I’m not aware of - but I think it applies generally.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Regardless, I think Wendy’s last sentence is the best advice – “Don’t use the word owl on a display label to refer to animals that are not owls.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu> <b>
On Behalf Of </b>Wendy Beins<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 27, 2022 6:52 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Gali Beiner <gali.beiner@mail.huji.ac.il><br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Nhcoll-l] common English name<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Also not an ornithologist so I don't know the common English term for all nocturnal birds (if one exists), but I think lay people calling all nocturnal birds "owls" to be on par with lay people calling all fossils "dinosaurs". It is incredibly
incorrect and not something museums should be perpetuating. Although I now work in museum administration, my education background is vert paleo collections and research based and so when I'm working guest experience and someone refers to a non-dinosaur fossil
as a dinosaur I will correct them <b><i>every</i></b> time.<br>
I know this didn't really answer your question other than please don't use the word "owl" on a display label to refer to animals that are not owls.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 2:35 AM Gali Beiner <<a href="mailto:gali.beiner@mail.huji.ac.il">gali.beiner@mail.huji.ac.il</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Just checking something that became a point of curiosity for me: I am not an ornithologist, I'm a conservator, so was quite surprised to learn recently something that sounded extremely strange to me. Maybe the bird specialists here can
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<p class="MsoNormal">In a discussion on common-language English translation for a term in Hebrew covering all night-time birds of prey ("Dorsei laila", for those of you curious to know some Hebrew!), I was told that the commonly used English-language term to
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<p class="MsoNormal">That surprised me very much, since I always thought that this word only referred to true owls (Strigiformes) and did not cover other nightly predators such as nighthawks. Does the term "owl" indeed refer to all nocturnal birds of prey?
On a display label, which term would correctly describe all nocturnal birds of prey (owls/nocturnal raptors/nocturnal birds of prey)? This sort of piques my mind and I would be glad to hear your thoughts!<o:p></o:p></p>
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