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3 | Title | Org/Outlet/Author/etc | Link | Date | Article/Book/Social Media/ etc | ||
4 | Rename All Birds Named After White People | 10000 Birds | https://www.10000birds.com/rename-all-birds-named-after-white-people.htm | 2020 | article | ||
5 | A Little Greener Podcast: Episode 12 | A Little Greener Podcast | https://alittlegreener.podbean.com/e/insect-apocalypse/ | 2021 | podcast | ||
6 | A bird named for a Confederate general officially has a new identity | ABC 7 News | https://kvia.com/news/us-world/2020/08/13/a-bird-named-for-a-confederate-general-officially-has-a-new-identity/ | 2020 | article | ||
7 | What’s in a bird’s name? | ABC Radio (Australia) - Julian Morrow on Sunday Extra Guest - Ian Fraser, author of Australian Bird Names: Origins and Meanings | https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/sundayextra/13486952 | 2021 | radio | ||
8 | Ornithological society to rename dozens of birds — and stop naming them after people | Action News Jax - CBS47/Fox 30 | https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/science/ornithological/ON4QILP3VK37CMP5YIK4PLLYWQ/ | 2023 | article | ||
9 | The People Behind The Birds Named For People: Alexander Wilson | All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology - Alison Haigh | https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/the-people-behind-the-birds-named-for-people-alexander-wilson/ | 2018 | article | ||
10 | FAQ: Changes To Eponymous Bird Names | All About Birds, Cornell | https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/aos-name-changes-faq/ | 2023 | article | ||
11 | Reckoning with the Racist Past of Bird Names | Allegheny Front - Kara Holsopple | https://www.alleghenyfront.org/reckoning-with-the-racist-past-of-bird-names/ | 2020 | article/radio | ||
12 | Our Commitment To Helping Create A More Just, Equitable, Diverse, And Inclusive Bird Community | American Bird Conservancy | https://abcbirds.org/article/our-commitment-to-helping-create-a-more-just-equitable-diverse-and-inclusive-bird-community/ | 2020 | statement | ||
13 | J. J. Audubon and the Bird of Washington Fraud with Matthew Halley | American Birding Association | https://www.aba.org/j-j-audubon-and-the-bird-of-washington-fraud-with-matthew-halley/ | 2020 podcast | |||
14 | This Month in Birding – July 2020 | American Birding Association | https://www.aba.org/this-month-in-birding-july-2020/ | 2020 podcast | |||
15 | This Month in Birding - April 2021 | American Birding Association | https://www.aba.org/this-month-in-birding-april-2021/ | 2021 | podcast | ||
16 | This Month in Birding - July 2021 | American Birding Association | https://www.aba.org/this-month-in-birding-july-2021/ | 2021 | podcast | ||
17 | Bird Names for the 21st Century | American Birding Association - Ashwin Sivakumar | https://www.aba.org/bird-names-for-birds/ | 2023 | article | ||
18 | How to Know the Birds: No. 47, Watching Geese in the Age of #BirdNamesForBirds | American Birding Association - Ted Floyd | https://www.aba.org/how-to-know-the-birds-no-47-watching-geese-in-the-age-of-birdnamesforbirds/ | 2020 | article | ||
19 | Breaking Barriers in Entomology: The Better Common Names Project | American Entomologists - Josh Lancette | https://academic.oup.com/ae/article/67/4/10/6456272 | 2021 | article | ||
20 | American Ornithological Society Will Change the English Names of Bird Species Named After People Scientists Will Establish a New Multidisciplinary Naming Entity and Seek Public Input, Beginning with 70–80 Bird Species in the U.S. and Canada | American Ornithological Society | https://americanornithology.org/american-ornithological-society-will-change-the-english-names-of-bird-species-named-after-people/ | 2023 | article | ||
21 | English Bird Names | American Ornithological Society | https://americanornithology.org/english-bird-names/ | 2021 | article | ||
22 | Community Congress on English Bird Names | American Ornithological Society -Diversity & Inclusion Cmte | https://t.co/lqYjSKnLn5 | 2021 | webinar | ||
23 | Bird names are now racist | American Thinker - Eric Utter | https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/06/bird_names_are_now_racist.html#.YNHlghDngPI.twitter | 2021 | article | ||
24 | Woke is for the Birds | American Thinker - Michael Curtis | https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/07/woke_is_for_the_birds.html | 2021 | article | ||
25 | Birds in North America will be renamed to avoid any ‘harmful’ historical associations with people | AP - Associated Press - Christina Larson | https://apnews.com/article/bird-renaming-american-ornithological-society-aee0f0b0d1cc9ae3326bc44a2d1f55e8 | 2023 | article | ||
26 | Audubon’s famous banding experiment: Fact or fiction? Citation: Halley, M. R. 2018. Audubon’s famous banding experiment: Fact or fiction? Archives of Natural History 45(1): 118–121. | Archives of Natural History - Matthew Halley | https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10.3366/anh.2018.0487 | 2018 | peer-reviewed article | ||
27 | Tucson Audubon Society to pick new name, drop namesake enslaver | Arizona Daily Star | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/tucson-audubon-society-name-change-racist-namesake/article_ffbb7bae-2365-11ef-99e4-e3653dc06001.html | 2024 | article | ||
28 | North American Birds Will No Longer Be Named After People Renaming birds isn’t new, but this official change could be the start of something larger. | Atlas Obscura | https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/changing-racist-north-american-birds-names | 2023 | article | ||
29 | The McCown's Longspur Is No More, but the Debate Over Bird Names Continues | Audubon - Jessica Leber | https://www.audubon.org/news/the-mccowns-longspur-no-more-debate-over-bird-names-continues | 2020 | article | ||
30 | Birdist Rule #101: Learn About the People Certain Birds Are Named After | Audubon - The Birdist | https://www.audubon.org/news/birdist-rule-101-learn-about-people-certain-birds-are-named-after?fbclid=IwAR2fX-BXxducCml48kzsdtnYKmFB-R3yE2a6CvVubWJNclDds4jguRe0s8I | 2016 | article | ||
31 | What's In a Bird Name? More than 100 North American birds carry the names of people, some of whom were enslavers, supremacists, or grave robbers. A growing movement aims to do away with honorifics all together and bestow monikers that reflect each species' unique qualities | Audubon Magazine - Ariana Remmel | https://www.audubon.org/magazine/summer-2022/whats-bird-name | 2022 | article | ||
32 | It's Dumb That Kirtland's Warbler Isn't Michigan's State Bird And while we’re at it, we should change its name to Jack Pine Warbler. | Audubon Magazine - Andy McGlashen | https://www.audubon.org/news/its-dumb-kirtlands-warbler-isnt-michigans-state-bird | 2021 | article | ||
33 | The Bird World Is Grappling With Its Own Confederate Relic: McCown's Longspur | Audubon Magazine - Asher Elbein | https://www.audubon.org/news/-bird-world-grappling-its-own-confederate-relic-mccowns-longspur | 2020 | article | ||
34 | Bird named for Confederate general sparks debate | Audubon Magazine - Asher Elbin reprint inThe Wildlife Society | https://wildlife.org/bird-named-for-confederate-general-sparks-debate/ | 2020 | article | ||
35 | What Do We Do About John James Audubon? The founding father of American birding soared on the wings of white privilege. The birding community and organizations that bear his name must grapple with this racist legacy to create a more just, inclusive world. | Audubon Magazine - Drew Lanham | https://www.audubon.org/magazine/spring-2021/what-do-we-do-about-john-james-audubon | 2021 | article | ||
36 | All North American Birds Named After People Will Soon Get New Names After years of consideration and little news, this week's announcement by the American Ornithological Society caught many birders by surprise. | Audubon Magazine - Rebecca Heisman | https://www.audubon.org/news/all-north-american-birds-named-after-people-will-soon-get-new-names | 2023 | article | ||
37 | Help Us Brainstorm New Names for These Six Birds Momentum is building to replace honorific common bird names with more descriptive monikers. Share your ideas here! | Audubon Magazine - The Editors | https://www.audubon.org/news/help-us-brainstorm-new-names-these-six-birds | 2022 | article | ||
38 | You know a bird by its feathers, not by its discoverer | Aviation Analysis | https://www.aviationanalysis.net/you-know-a-bird-by-its-feathers-not-by-its-discoverer/ | 2023 | article | ||
39 | From gypsy moths to Audubon, nature names face racism test | Axios - Russell Contreras | https://www.axios.com/from-gypsy-moths-to-audobon-nature-names-face-racism-test-599d6c6a-adf3-4a0f-b3c6-641d0473770d.html | 2021 | article | ||
40 | These Iowa birds will get new names starting next year | Axios Des Moines | https://www.axios.com/local/des-moines/2023/11/15/iowa-birds-new-names-american-ornithological-society | 2023 | article | ||
41 | Proposal to rename Scott's Oriole | Balala Blog - Robert Driver | http://www.balalab.com/lablog/proposal-to-rename-scotts-oriole | 2021 | article | ||
42 | Dozens of Birds Are Being Renamed Because of "Offensive Connotations" | BestLife | https://bestlifeonline.com/birds-renamed-offensive-news/ | 2023 | article | ||
43 | Anne Millbrooke: State bird: Longspur versus Meadowlark | Billings Gazette - Anne Millbrooke | https://billingsgazette.com/opinion/columnists/anne-millbrooke-state-bird-longspur-versus-meadowlark/article_44cbc872-de0f-11ed-8852-572e88b9a8db.html | 2023 | article | ||
44 | The Human Factor: Ecological Salience in Ornithology and Ethno-Ornithology | BioOne - Andrew Gosler | https://bioone.org/journals/Journal-of-Ethnobiology/volume-37/issue-4/0278-0771-37.4.637/The-Human-Factor--Ecological-Salience-in-Ornithology-and-Ethno/10.2993/0278-0771-37.4.637.short | 2017 | article | ||
45 | The Origin of the Common Names of Birds Grant, M. (1951). The Origin of the Common Names of Birds. Bios, 22(2), 116-119. | Bios - Martin L. Grant | https://www.jstor.org/stable/4605362?seq=1 | 1951 | peer-reviewed article | ||
46 | Avian taxonomy news - Major step towards single global bird taxonomy announced | Bird Guides | https://www.birdguides.com/news/major-step-towards-single-global-bird-taxonomy-announced/?mi_u=321929&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter050820&eid=321929&_ccCt=z0sRIngnxKh0pXwJGrstwzvMPBAi7zoZUqtuTM%7eII1lVdT2zfeEJ_f%7egqpRqXqVn | 2020 | article | ||
47 | McCown's Longspur renamed by American ornithologists | Bird Guides | https://www.birdguides.com/news/mccowns-longspur-renamed-by-american-ornithologists/ | 2020 | article | ||
48 | Bird Names for Birds Trading “verbal statues” for names that celebrate the birds themselves | Bird Note | https://www.birdnote.org/listen/shows/bird-names-birds | 2020 | radio/article | ||
49 | Why Bird Names Matter to Birdability | Birdability | https://www.birdability.org/blog/why-bird-names-matter-to-birdability | 2020 | article | ||
50 | Birders' Choice Awards 2020 Bird Names for Birds - Campaign of the Year Nominee | Birders' Choice Awards 2020 hosted by Bird Guides | https://www.birdguides.com/information/birders-choice-awards-2020# | 2020 | other | ||
51 | How to Know the Birds: No. 7, What the Swainson’s Hawk Says | Birding Magazine - Ted Floyd | https://blog.aba.org/2019/05/how-to-know-the-birds-no-7-what-the-swainsons-hawk-says.html | 2019 | article | ||
52 | Thick-billed Longspur - An Icon for Change in the Canadian Priaries | Birds Canada - Jody Allair and Yousif Attia | https://www.birdscanada.org/thick-billed-longspur-an-icon-for-change-in-the-canadian-prairies/ | 2021 | article | ||
53 | Birds Canada and QuébecOiseaux Welcome Announcement From the American Ornithological Society | Birds Canada & QuébecOiseaux | https://www.birdscanada.org/birds-canada-and-quebecoiseaux-welcome-the-announcement-from-the-american-ornithological-society | 2023 | article | ||
54 | How the North American bird list is changing in 2020 | BirdWatching Magazine - Matt Mendenhall | https://www.birdwatchingdaily.com/news/science/north-american-bird-list-changing-2020/ | 2020 | article | ||
55 | A time of racial justice drives new push to rename birds | BirdWatching Magazine - Matt Mendenhall | https://www.birdwatchingdaily.com/news/birdwatching/racial-justice-new-push-rename-birds/ | 2020 | article | ||
56 | McCown’s Longspur renamed Thick-billed Longspur | BirdWatching Magazine - Matt Mendenhall | https://www.birdwatchingdaily.com/news/science/mccowns-longspur-renamed-thick-billed-longspur/ | 2020 | article | ||
57 | Head of AOS commits to ‘changing exclusionary or harmful bird names’ | BirdWatching Magazine - Matt Mendenhall | https://www.birdwatchingdaily.com/news/science/aos-commits-changing-exclusionary-harmful-bird-names/ | 2021 | article | ||
58 | Cuckoo! Leftists take aim at ‘racist’ bird names with ‘colonial’ roots | BizPac Review - Terresa Monroe-Hamilton | https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/06/10/cuckoo-leftists-take-aim-at-racist-bird-names-with-colonial-roots-1087047/ | 2021 | article | ||
59 | The Eponym Dictionary of Birds | Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson | https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Eponym_Dictionary_of_Birds.html?id=En4wBAAAQBAJ | 2014 | book | ||
60 | What’s in an English bird name? How can we improve on English common bird names? | BOU Blog - Robert Driver | https://bou.org.uk/blog-driver-english-bird-name/ | 2021 | article | ||
61 | Audubon's Bird of Washington: unravelling the fraud that launched The birds of America Citation: Halley, M. R. 2020. Audubon’s Bird of Washington: unravelling the fraud that launched The Birds of America. Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl. 140:110-141. | Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club - Matthew Halley | https://bioone.org/journals/bulletin-of-the-british-ornithologists-club/volume-140/issue-2/bboc.v140i2.2020.a3/Audubons-Bird-of-Washington--unravelling-the-fraud-that-launched/10.25226/bboc.v140i2.2020.a3.full | 2020 | peer-reviewed article | ||
62 | Naming a species after a celebrity may do more harm than good | Business Insider | https://www.businessinsider.com/species-name-celebrity-awareness-regret-taxonomy-2023-11 | 2023 | article | ||
63 | Journal of Unmanned Vehicle Systems to be renamed and become open access | Canadian Science Publishing | https://cdnsciencepub.com/do/10.1139/news.2021.06.28/abs/#.YQv-dWOqyKE.twitter | 2021 | article | ||
64 | Birds on the Hill to be renamed (not after dead white guys) | Capitol Hill Seattle Blog | https://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2023/11/pikes-pines-birds-on-the-hill-to-be-renamed-not-after-dead-white-guys/ | 2023 | article | ||
65 | Birds, cows in crosshairs of those hoping to alter history, ‘fix’ our culture | Carolina Journal - CJ Trump | https://www.carolinajournal.com/opinion-article/birds-cows-in-crosshairs-of-those-hoping-to-alter-history-fix-our-culture/ | 2021 | article | ||
66 | What's in a bird name? Changes are coming for those that honor people (both good and bad) | Casper Star Tribune | https://trib.com/news/nation-world/american-ornithological-society-bird-name-changes/article_1e994b85-df71-513a-8202-e424f92679e6.html | 2024 | article | ||
67 | Déboulonner les noms d’oiseaux De plus en plus d’ornithologues souhaitent remplacer les noms d’oiseaux qui font référence à une personne, dont certaines impliquées dans l’esclavage ou la colonisation, par des noms descriptifs. Les Townsend, Bendire et McCown deviendraient gros bec, gorge rouge et ventre gris. | CBC - Carine Monat | https://ici.radio-canada.ca/reportage-photo/3139/deboulonner-noms-oiseaux | 2021 | article | ||
68 | Comment Nomme-T-On Les Oiseaux? | CBC - Carine Monat | https://ici.radio-canada.ca/tele/la-semaine-verte/site/segments/reportage/376083/noms-oiseaux-nomenclature | 2021 | video segment | ||
69 | Toronto city council votes to rename Dundas Street Vote follows push to scrap name due to Henry Dundas's connection to slave trade | CBC News | https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-renaming-dundas-street-1.6103260?cmp=newsletter_CBC%20News%20Morning%20Brief_4256_290653 | 2021 | article | ||
70 | Renaming Asian carp: Concern over racism, waterways inspires push for new moniker | CBC News | https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/asian-carp-renaming-fish-racism-1.6103742 | 2021 | article | ||
71 | Should British Columbia change its name? As we reckon with history, some say it's time | CBC News | https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-name-change-1.6126983 | 2021 | article | ||
72 | Ryerson University to change its name amid reckoning with history of residential schools | CBC News | https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ryerson-university-name-change-1.6154716 | 2021 | article | ||
73 | Hundreds of Ryerson professors sign letter demanding university change its name | CBC News - Ali Raza | https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ryerson-profs-name-change-1.6056260 | 2021 | article | ||
74 | Edmonton city council votes to rename Grandin LRT station, cover mural of bishop | CBC News - Jennie Russell | https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-city-council-votes-to-rename-grandin-lrt-station-cover-mural-of-bishop-1.6057068 | 2021 | article | ||
75 | Minister pledges recovery support for wildfire victims; author says intense wildfires here ‘for the rest of our lives’; the dark histories behind some birds’ names; and episode six of CBC podcast The Outlaw Ocean | CBC News - The Current with Matt Galloway | https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-63-the-current/clip/16004434-minister-pledges-recovery-support-wildfire-victims-author-says | 2023 | radio | ||
76 | Ornithological society to rename dozens of birds, stop naming them after people | Central Oregon Daily News | https://www.centraloregondaily.com/news/nation-world/ornithological-society-to-rename-dozens-of-birds-stop-naming-them-after-people/article_b06c6021-12cc-584b-920b-f527bd8ef949.html?=/&subcategory=16%7CLive+Music | 2023 | article | ||
77 | John James Audubon's complex legacy | Chicago Daily Harold - Jeff Reiter | https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210805/john-james-audubons-complex-legacy | 2021 | article | ||
78 | Confederate' name of a bird is changed | China Daily | http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202008/17/WS5f39fd41a310834817260c41.html | 2020 | article | ||
79 | Bird Names For Birds | Clapper Rail by Brooklyn Bird Club - Daniel Smith | http://brooklynbirdclub.org/ClapperRail/Clapper_Rail_Summer_2021.pdf | 2021 | article | ||
80 | Nearly 80 bird species names with racist roots are about to be changed | CNN | https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/02/us/bird-species-names-changing-scn-cec/index.html | 2023 | article | ||
81 | Many North American birds bear names with racist roots. That's beginning to change | CNN - Leah Asmelash | https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/09/us/birds-renaming-racist-history-trnd/index.html | 2021 | article | ||
82 | Certain types of fish are being renamed in the wake of anti-Asian hate crimes | CNN - Leah Asmelash | https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/18/us/asian-invasive-carp-rename-scn-trnd/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twCNN&utm_content=2021-07-19T11%3A15%3A05&utm_term=link | 2021 | article | ||
83 | Why so many geographic sites in the US still have racist names | CNN - Leah Asmelash | https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/11/us/racist-geographic-site-names-trnd/index.html | 2021 | article | ||
84 | An invasive species has an ethnic slur in its common name. Entomologists are changing that | CNN - Neelam Bohra and Radhika Marya | https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/12/us/gypsy-moth-name-change-scn-trnd/index.html | 2021 | article | ||
85 | Tuesday Open Thread | Colorado Pols | https://www.coloradopols.com/diary/192352/tuesday-open-thread-516 | 2023 | article | ||
86 | Washington Post Comes for the White Birdwatching Patriarchy | Conservative Angle - Ed Jenner | http://conservativeangle.com/washington-post-comes-for-the-white-birdwatching-patriarchy/ | 2021 | article | ||
87 | Many North American birds have names with racist roots. That's beginning to change | CTV News - Leah Asmelash | https://www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-environment/many-north-american-birds-have-names-with-racist-roots-that-s-beginning-to-change-1.5466417 | 2021 | article | ||
88 | Does Teaching America It's Racist Make It Less Racist? | Dag Blog | http://dagblog.com/link/does-teaching-america-it-s-racist-make-it-less-racist-34295 | 2021 | article | ||
89 | Woke science! Dozens of animals and plants to be renamed in 'racial stereotype' review | Daily Express - Callum Hoare | https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1482404/woke-science-animals-plants-renamed-racial-stereotypes-esa-birds-history-scn | 2021 | article | ||
90 | Earth Matters: What’s in a name? Change may be the only constant | Daily Hampshire Gazette | https://www.gazettenet.com/Earth-Matter-What-s-in-a-name-Change-may-be-the-only-constant-45916756 | 2022 | article | ||
91 | 2020 was a big year in birding | Daily Herald - Jeff Reiter | https://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20201218/2020-was-a-big-year-in-birding | 2020 | article | ||
92 | Now wokeism is coming for the birds! Campaigners demand names of species including MacQueen's Bustard and Blyth's Reed Warbler are changed due to links to slavery and colonialism | Daily Mail - Hayley Richardson | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9792411/Campaigners-call-bird-names-links-colonialism-changed.html | 2021 | article | ||
93 | Ornithologists on a mission to change the names of birds associated with colonial horrors | Daily Maverick - Shaun Smillie | https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-08-10-ornithologists-on-a-mission-to-change-the-names-of-birds-associated-with-colonial-horrors/ | 2021 | article | ||
94 | The History of North American Bird Names in the American Ornithologists' Union Checklists 1886 - 2000 | Darwiniana - Richard White | http://www.darwiniana.org/zoo/AOUmenu.html | 2000 | website | ||
95 | North American Birds Will No Longer Be Named After People | Defector | https://defector.com/north-american-birds-will-no-longer-be-named-after-people | 2023 | article | ||
96 | Long-tailed Duck | Discourse Blog | https://www.discourseblog.com/p/bird-of-the-week-long-tailed-duck/comments | 2024 | blog | ||
97 | Changing Honorific Bird Names | Eastside Audubon - Andy McCormick | https://www.eastsideaudubon.org/corvid-crier/2020/changing-honorific-bird-names | 2020 | article | ||
98 | AOS Announces Plan to Revise Eponymous Bird Names—What Does That Mean for eBirders? | eBird | https://ebird.org/news/aos-announcement-to-revise-eponymous-bird-names | 2023 | article | ||
99 | Words for Birds: A Lexicon of North American Birds with Biographical Notes | Edward S. Gruson | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6476793-words-for-birds | 1972 | book | ||
100 | Knocking down statues: efforts to decolonize science in Colombia While an initiative grows worldwide to rename the birds that honor conquerors and slavers, a team of Colombian biologists and ornithologists launches a series of expeditions through which historical naturalists passed a century ago, but this time, led by women and local communities. | El Espectador - Daniela Quintero Diaz & Maria Monica Monsalve | https://www.elespectador.com/ciencia/tumbando-estatuas-esfuerzos-para-descolonizar-la-ciencia-en-colombia/ | 2021 | article |