Common names list--need for unique names

[Michael Gochfeld]

Barb speaketh the truth.  This is the underlying principle of those who
seek to standardize common names.  This includes standardizing names
across continents which is why we have to call it the Gray Catbird
instead of just Catbird, lest it be confused with those Green Catbirds
down Australia-way.  

But principles are important so that future generations don't wonder
what we could have been thinking in the dark ages of nomenclature.  Of
course, calling something the Northern Southern Hairstreak doesn't do it
for me.   Bird people long ago adjured using common names for
subspecies.  

Fortunately Ron (who recently told us that he is a newcomer to common
names) chose wisely in not giving P brevicauda and P indra the same
common names.  Gratifyingly the names Short-tailed and Indra
respectively happen (by coincidence) to be the names used in the NABA
Checklist of Common Names. Two down, only about 700 to go. 

Mike Gochfeld

Barb Beck wrote:
> 
> Ron,
> 
> No matter who howls we need only ONE critter per name.  In the Swallowtail
> case you can solve it by having an Eastern , Western, Northern, Southern,
> Prairie, Boreal, Mountain or some other adjective before the name. If they
> are only found mainly in one state or province put that name before it, if
> they are only found in the Rocky Mountains put that before it.
> 
> We need ONE standardized list for North America.  Not one for the east, one
> for the west and one for Canada.
> 
> Barb Beck
> Edmonton
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