The British Birds list of English names for Western Palearctic birds

t is now 11 years since the list of English bird names adopted for use in British Birds was fully reviewed and updated (see Brit. Birds 86: 1-2), although a small number of alterations were made in 1997 (see Brit. Birds 90: 343). The English names of birds has been a highly controversial topic during the past decade or so, and though it is not one which we wish to use up large chunks of BB in deba

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