Don't expect any names to change in this country anytime soon.  The latest
issue of the Auk contains a one-page announcement by the AOU nomenclature
committee unanimously denying a petition to change its practice with respect
to hyphenations to align with the recommendations of the IOU committee.  I
posted a discussion of this on the OOS Forum last week which interested
readers may wish to consider.  The bottom line is that the AOU is afflicted
by a sever case of NIH (Not Invented Here) and is unlikely to change
anything until it is their idea.

Cheers,

Bob

On Nov 29, 2007 10:31 AM, Kathy Beal <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I  have seen a couple of emails about the international group trying to
> change US bird names.  I have a Ph.D. in ornithology and the right
> contacts to check on this so I contacted Scott Gillihan, the Executive
> Officer of the American Ornithologist's Union.  He responded and told me
> he would talk with the Committee on Classification and Nomenclature.
> This is the society that is the official nomenclature (bird name)
> society for US ornithology.   So I will let you know what this group
> says they plan to do about these bird name changes.
>
> Kathy Beal
>
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