Would be right to use the names that Indigenous peoples had been using for millennia. Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) should be respected as equal to western scientific knowledge. If a species was already known to Indigenous people, it was not discovered by western scientists.

Addendum for clarity. Initiative is to change common names of birds that were named after people. AOS creating a panel to draft new names based off birds features. I think using pre-existing Indigenous names for birds should be considered.

  • BaldProphet
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    01 year ago

    This is a neat idea, and it makes a lot of sense. Do you know if there’s a list of birds that have already been renamed? I searched around, but I couldn’t find one. Perhaps I was using the wrong queries.

    • @Vandals_handleOP
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      41 year ago

      Not from this initiative, it is just in discussion/planning phase.