Ian Rose on Nostr: I'm a big fan of the #BirdNamesForBirds movement, to remove names of old, often ...
I'm a big fan of the #BirdNamesForBirds movement, to remove names of old, often terrible, white men like "Wilson's" and "Swainson's" from common names of birds and replace them with more useful names like "Black-crowned" or "Spotted". But I'm much more excited about learning their first names, the ones given by local Indigenous people, as long as the people whose language it is are willing to share them.
South Africa now has a full isiZulu bird list:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/12/can-you-spot-the-phezukomkhono-thats-zulu-for-red-chested-cuckoo#birds #Africa
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