A black-capped chickadee by any other name is a Poecile atricapillus. That’s the bird’s scientific name, the reference used worldwide to avoid the confusion a list of local names could offer. For ...

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’s sparrow ...

You might not expect bird names to be a controversial or even newsworthy issue, but in recent years, they’ve become just that. A large number of bird species take their English names from people, ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Cooper is going to lose his hawk. So is Swainson. The birds won’t know or care. And Mssrs. Cooper and Swainson are long deceased.

Babycenter discovered that for Generation Beta (those born in 2025-2039), there is a huge name trend already: with bird baby names. Now, we already know that nature names have been all the rage in the ...

A bird named after former President Barack Obama will keep its name despite a widespread effort to rename dozens of birds eponymous with people. The American Ornithology Society (AOS) said on ...

The English Bird Names project removes English common names from birds common to the United States and Canada. “As scientists, we work to eliminate bias in science. But there has been historic bias in ...

In the spring and summer of 2021, I wrote four columns on the issue of bird names. This has come around again, in a big way, as the American Ornithological Society has decided to get rid of all bird ...

This winter, tens of thousands of birders will survey winter bird populations for the National Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count, part of an international bird census, powered by volunteers, that ...

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Wilson’s warbler, pictured here, is one of the birds that the American Ornithologicial Society will rename so birds cease to honor racists and supremacists. (USFWS via AP) Editor’s note: The following ...

A whole flock of birds will get new names in the coming year, and bird lovers of all stripes — from casual backyard watchers to serious peepers — will have a chance to help. The American ...