Re: Coding bird names

Elliot Kirschbaum (ekirschb@bcpl.net)
Mon, 12 Apr 1999 16:52:09 -0400


On 4/12/99 8:48 AM Ellen Paul said

>Now, even that can be a problem because while there are official common
>names, not everyone uses them or knows them. You would need to know that
>what we commonly call a Titmouse or a Tufted Titmouse is actually an
>Eastern Tufted Titmouse.  ETTI.

That is news to me. According to the A.O.U. Checklist of North American 
Birds, seventh edition, there are the following Titmice:

Bridled Titmouse
Oak Titmouse
Juniper Titmouse
Tufted Titmouse

While there are two groups of the last (Tufted Titmouse and Black-crested 
Titmouse), the former is not named "Eastern" according to the AOU.


Elliot Kirschbaum
Baltimore, MD USA
mailto:ekirschb@bcpl.net