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Say goodbye to Bachman's Sparrow, Scott's Oriole and Townsend's Warbler. Those three birds are among a half-dozen that will get renamed first under a plan by the American Ornithological Society to do ...

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’s sparrow ...

Out with the Bachman's Sparrow and the Couch's Kingbird -- the top authority in North American birding is ditching human names in a move to cut ties between the feathered creatures and the misdeeds of ...

“Here, kitty kitty kitty.” Hearing anything resembling those words when out in nature would leave most people feeling confused, or terrified. Fortunately, in this instance, those words were like music ...

Birds in the United States and Canada that are directly named for people, such as the Cooper’s hawk and Lincoln’s sparrow, will be getting new names in a decision made by the American Ornithological ...