Cancel culture is coming for the birds. Starting in 2024, 70 to 80 North American bird species boasting English names will be renamed. The American Ornithological Society (AOS), a group born out ...

Dozens of famous bird species will lose their familiar names in the coming months and years as part of a nationwide effort to eliminate monikers “clouded by racism” and to diversify bird-watching.

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Dozens of bird species will have their English names changed in an attempt to avoid associations with “historic bias” and exclusionary practices, The American Ornithological Society(AOS) has ...

Starting in 2024, the American Ornithological Society will be looking into changing the names of up to 80 bird species in the United States and Canada "in an effort to address past wrongs." ...

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 ...

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 ...

To get started with the birds in the U.S. and Canada, the AOS will conduct an open, inclusive and scientifically rigorous pilot program in 2024 to develop its new approach to these English bird ...

Starting next year, the American Ornithological Society (AOS) will be renaming 80 species of birds in the U.S. and Canada that have English names related to slavery and racism.

The birds’ new names will reflect the species’ appearance or habitat — some trait associated with the actual bird, in other words, and not with the colonial explorer who first identified it.

By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — After years-long discussion, birds will no longer be named after people — a decision meant to dissociate the animals ...

Instead, we found that unique Aguaruna names were reported for just over one-third (38%; 161) of bird species documented, while 31% (132) shared generic names with one or more other species and ...