Dateline: 1 November 2023
In breaking ornithological news, it was announced Wednesday that dozens of North American birds, whose names currently include an honorific (e.g., Wilson’s Warbler), will be re-named to “reflect their traits and habitats rather than the names of people.”
BirdingPI.com plans on actively participating in the re-naming process, but will instead propose soliciting corporate sponsorship to re-name such birds accordingly. Examples include “Keybank Tern” instead of Forster’s Tern, “Crypto.com Sparrow” instead of Bachman’s Sparrow, “AT&T Flycatcher” instead of Hammond’s Flycatcher, etc. Proceeds will go to bird-related conservation efforts.
Right on, brother!
And the name Audubon should be expunged from all text books, bird books, chatper names, etc, etc. After all, he owned slaves.
Time to call it the “For the Birds Society”!
Really liked your corporate bird naming!