Irma Franke
Egretta alba? Casmerodius albus? Ardea alba?
Great White Heron? Garza Grande?
Our Great White Heron, common in coastal wetlands, jungle and Andean highlands, has had a changing identity in recent years. In scientific circles we have known over a period of time not too long as Egretta alba, albus Casmerodius and Ardea alba. And we should not call Garza Blanca Grande, as shown in numerous publications and guides, but Garza Grande.
To our gulls can continue calling them by the same names in Castilian that have been used in publications and reports of recent years, but not all belong to the genus Larus , but three different genres: Chroicocephalus , Leucophaeus and Larus.
What happened to the identity of the birds?
Traditionally, the names of the birds were the most stable element for identification. Were a universal language of understanding between ornithologists, amateurs of different native languages \u200b\u200band the various stakeholders on the bird from which it was treated or were seeing. Scientific names also contrasted with the local names, more variable between different areas. This situation has been reversed in fairly recent times.
Since the beginning of the application of molecular techniques systematic research on birds (Sibley & Ahlquist 1990), much interest has focused on the results of these studies and other areas recently analyzed for many species. As a result there have been frequent changes in nomenclature and systematic classification of birds (Plenge 2010, Remsen et al. 2010). In a relatively short time period has seen the creation of new families, changes of families from one order to another, changing genres from one family to another and in some cases were once again separated to form their own family; changes order in which species are listed in a family (alphabetical order that is not accounting for phylogenetic relationships); changes in names of genera and species. To complete the difficulties some of these changes are almost round.
While this situation makes the study and bird watching an interesting challenge for some, is a major problem for others. Many areas of work involving birds have been complicated. After conducting bird inventories are prepared lists of species present in several areas: protected areas, areas where they develop various investment projects, areas of interest, etc. Keep these listings up to date results in a large investment of time, especially if those who must make non-specialists birds. Monitoring work needed to contrast the inventories carried out in different years, which may contain different scientific names, common perhaps even the same species. For those not versed not only difficult to recognize the species in question but to place it, as the same species must be sought elsewhere in the list. Prepared field guides to help identify the species of an area are within a few years out of date and confusing to users (Barrio and Guillén 2004).
Some major publications refer to the change in the scientific names of species (Fjeldsa & Krabbe 1990), but others do not include this (Schulenberg et al. 2007). These difficulties are felt by many, although only some of them expressed (Dinets 2010).
With the many changes in scientific nomenclature and systematic classification of birds, the only thing that has remained stable over time are the birds themselves. The stability are closely in common English names. Thirdly, find the common names in Castilian. And the most changing are the scientific names!! References
Barrio, J. and Guillen, C. 2004. Guide: Birds of Conococha / Birds of Conococha Lake. Compania Minera Antamina SA http://www.antamina.com/03_ambiente/docs/guiaavesconococha.pdf
Dinets, Vladimir. 2010. Why Are No Longer avian Systematics scientific?. Memorandum.
http://dinets.travel.ru/birdsys.htm
Fjeldså, J. & N. Krabbe. 1990. Birds of the high Andes. A Guide to the Birds of the Temperate Zone of the Andes and Patagonia, South America. Apollo Books, Svendborg. 876 p.
Plenge, M. 2010. List of the Birds of Peru. 2010. SERNANP. Http://www.sernanp.gob.pe/sernanp/bpublicaciones.jsp
Remsen, JV, Jr., CD Cadena, A. Jaramillo, M. Nores, JF Pacheco, MB Robbins, TS Schulenberg, FG Stiles, DF Stotz, and KJ Zimmer. 2010 Version 1 June 2010. A classification of the bird species of South America. American Ornithologists' Union. http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.html
Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, D. F. Lane, J. P. O'Neill & T. A. Parker III. 2007. Birds of Peru. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press.
Sibley, C. G. & J. E. Ahlquist. 1990. Phylogeny and classification of birds. Yale Univ. Press, New Haven, Connecticut.
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