Some birb names have recently been changed, but it was more about reversing racial stereotypes. The tits and bananaquits got to stay
And what about the cocks?
Nobody wants to block the cocks.
They’re all a bunch of peckers.
I wood
scientists love dicks
*for lemmy reasons this is a joke
I think you’re at least half right, statistically
I thought it was less about racial stereotypes, and more about this big recent push across multiple fields to not have people’s names attached to things. Right now (or recently) it’s about oviducts v Fallopian tubes or the bulbourethral gland v Cowperis gland in biology, which I’m familiar with. I think there was a post and comment thread about birds specifically in the last few days on Lemmy; same thing with people’s names being removed.
From what I’ve seen, a lot of the motivation to not have peoples’ names attached to things is because people have things attached to them (such as racism). Not saying that’s every case, but I’m sure that’s a significant factor behind the general push.
Still calling Kestrels Windfuckers
Blue-footed boobies are the only boobies, I can get behind.
“BananaQuit” sounds like a randomised username in some online game.
I am a little disappointed that your user name wasn’t Bananaquit. That would have been epic.
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I think they name bird like that so bird watching sound more fun to people who doesn’t know bird
What are you doing in your spare time?
I usually go to see booby and tit but sometimes dick and cock
You’re a dodo
Birdwatching goes both ways
Tufted titmice are among my favorite birds - and not just because I get to say “tit” in polite company… Also cockatoos and cockatiels.
not a naughty name, but I wonder what was the scientist who named “Yellow-bellied sapsucker” was going through
My favourite is the grey go-away-bird.
That’s just mockingbirds though. Lol
That’s just mockingbirds though. Lol
That one at least makes sense, if they’re drinking tree sap and have yellow feathers on their belly
I mean the other names make sense with additional context
Both Tit- and Cock- as prefixes used to mean small (no laughing in the back, please)
And Hoary means grey-haired or old-looking
edit as I had to look this one up: “Booby” is an ellision of “Bobo” - as in “No seas tan bobo” (Spanish) - meaning “silly, naive, dumb…” as they tend to be quite tame birds
Doesn’t bobo also mean stupid or idiot in Tagalog?
Probably , because so much Spanish is Infused into Tagalog
U want sum fuk?
Sure, but beware, I’m a horned screamer
Why has noone mentioned the woodpecker?
Trauma, mostly.
Hornithologists
Horny dinosaurs
This even works across languages. In brazilian portuguese, a chick is called “Pinto” which is also a slang for dick.
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what’s wrong with “bananaquit”? what about it is dirty? i’m guessing it’s either “banana” or “quit” but i don’t see it
