Let’s face it, some animals have cooler names than others. For example, how could the blobfish ever hope to compete with the ...

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.

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 ...

Dozens of bird species in the United States and Canada will get "imaginative" new names that reflect their traits and habitats rather than the names of people, the American Ornithological Society ...

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 ...

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.

The American Ornithological Society says it is changing the names of birds named after humans, such as Townsend's warbler. It's a courageous decision.