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Did you know... that the call of the Red-necked Avocet(pictured) has been likened to a dog barking?
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I stand corrected. (Now I'll go to my grave wondering whether the bald eagles I read and heard about were Bald Eagles or just eagles whose hair fell out.
) --
Kenatipospeak!15:18, 23 June 2012 (UTC)reply
In general, according to
Wikipedia:Naming conventions (fauna), common names of animals are not capitalized, except for those words which are a proper name – for example, North Atlantic right whale. However, for
WP:WikiProject Birds, the adopted convention is to require capitalization of each word in the common name of a species (or subspecies). Refer to
Wikipedia:Naming conventions (birds) for a detailed description of the rules. For the sake of completeness, capitalization is also permitted (but not required) for the common names of
Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) and
Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies), but not for those of other insects or of other animals. Grollτech (
talk)
05:51, 27 June 2012 (UTC)reply
The Red-necked Avocet (Recurvirostra novaehollandiae) is a
wader of the family
Recurvirostridae which feeds by skimming the surface of water to catch small invertebrates. Endemic to Australia, the species is rare in Tasmania and an occasional vagrant to New Zealand.Photograph:
JJ Harrison
A fact from Red-necked avocet appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 June 2012 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the call of the Red-necked Avocet(pictured) has been likened to a dog barking?
Red-necked avocet is part of WikiProject Birds, an attempt at creating a standardized, informative and easy-to-use ornithological resource. If you would like to participate, visit the
project page, where you can join the
discussion and see a list of open tasks. Please do not
substitute this template.BirdsWikipedia:WikiProject BirdsTemplate:WikiProject Birdsbird articles
Red-necked avocet is within the scope of WikiProject Australia, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of
Australia and
Australia-related topics. If you would like to participate, visit the
project page.AustraliaWikipedia:WikiProject AustraliaTemplate:WikiProject AustraliaAustralia articles
I stand corrected. (Now I'll go to my grave wondering whether the bald eagles I read and heard about were Bald Eagles or just eagles whose hair fell out.
) --
Kenatipospeak!15:18, 23 June 2012 (UTC)reply
In general, according to
Wikipedia:Naming conventions (fauna), common names of animals are not capitalized, except for those words which are a proper name – for example, North Atlantic right whale. However, for
WP:WikiProject Birds, the adopted convention is to require capitalization of each word in the common name of a species (or subspecies). Refer to
Wikipedia:Naming conventions (birds) for a detailed description of the rules. For the sake of completeness, capitalization is also permitted (but not required) for the common names of
Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) and
Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies), but not for those of other insects or of other animals. Grollτech (
talk)
05:51, 27 June 2012 (UTC)reply
The Red-necked Avocet (Recurvirostra novaehollandiae) is a
wader of the family
Recurvirostridae which feeds by skimming the surface of water to catch small invertebrates. Endemic to Australia, the species is rare in Tasmania and an occasional vagrant to New Zealand.Photograph:
JJ Harrison