There are thousands of species of birds, and many of their names are well-known to us—blue jay, robin, and mallard, to name ...

Where birds get their names. The names that we call birds are common and complex. By Jim Williams, Contributing writer. August 27, 2019 at 5:58PM.

According to BabyCenter, which gathers data in real time from hundreds of thousands of parents who register their babies’ ...

Last November, the American Ornithological Society, or AOS, announced that it would change the common names of all American birds named after people. There are 152 such “eponymic” names (that ...

She says people have pointed out to her that the birds don't care what their names are. "Names are important for humans. And this is absolutely a human-driven exercise," she says.

SAN DIEGO — A name change is coming to dozens of species of well-known birds this year — all in a push by the American Ornithological Society to remove human names and swap them with more ...

Instead, we found that unique Aguaruna names were reported for just over one-third (38%; 161) of bird species documented, while 31% (132) shared generic names with one or more other species and ...

After years-long discussion, birds will no longer be named after people — a decision meant to dissociate the animals from problematic eponyms. The American Ornithological Society announced ...

Some birds are about to get new names. And no, we aren't talking pets, parrots at a zoo, or cartoon characters like Woody Woodpecker. Think the Cooper’s hawk, Townsend’s warbler and Bachman ...

Jordan Rutter, a founder of Bird Names For Birds, said the petition was inspired by what became a momentous encounter in Central Park in 2020, when a white woman falsely reported to police that ...

Words for birds: Investigating birds and their names with Indigenous people in Amazonia. ... Some bird names still used today are derived from Indigenous languages that are no longer spoken or known.