102
submitted 1 year ago by ZeroCool@feddit.ch to c/science@lemmy.world
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] AlPastor2560@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

I must say, I will appreciate more descriptive names when trying to identify certain birds.

[-] Deceptichum@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago

I must say, if they rename the tit or the booby I shall hereby declare a state of war.

[-] ParsnipWitch@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

Many Latin and Greek names of birds are descriptive. For example what people often call the "tit" bird is actually Parus major, which you could roughly translate into "a bit bigger". And they are the biggest of the tit birds.

And another "tit" actually is called Lophophanes cristatus. Which roughly means "showing the comb (lophophanes) with hood (cristatus)".

[-] AlPastor2560@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I never knew that. That’s pretty cool.

this post was submitted on 02 Nov 2023
102 points (89.2% liked)

science

14595 readers
49 users here now

A community to post scientific articles, news, and civil discussion.

rule #1: be kind

<--- rules currently under construction, see current pinned post.

2024-11-11

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS