The American Ornithological Society intends renaming bird species containing eponyms.
This has ruffled a lot of feathers. Many birders are concerned about the large number of naturalists so recognised, that are tainted by connection with the slave trade and/or maltreatment if indigenous peoples. On the other hand, lots of birders regard the wholesale changes of eponymous bird names as overkill.
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Originally Posted by americanornithology.org/about/english-bird-names-project/
The AOS commits to changing all English-language names of birds within its geographic jurisdiction that are named directly after people (eponyms), along with other names deemed offensive and exclusionary, focusing first on those species that occur primarily within the U.S. or Canada.
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