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Crex

Merge proposal discussion under Crex talk page due to IOC taxonomy change....Pvmoutside (talk) 8:24, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

Update to peer review page

Hi all, I've boldly updated your project's peer review page (Wikipedia:WikiProject Birds/Peer review) by updating the instructions and archiving old reviews.

The new instructions use Wikipedia's general peer review process (WP:PR) to list peer reviews. Your project's reviews are still able to be listed on your local page too.

The benefits of this change is that review requests will get seen by a wider audience and are likely to be attended to in a more timely way (many WikiProject peer reviews remain unanswered after years). The Wikipedia peer review process is also more maintained than most WikiProjects, and this may help save time for your active members.

I've done this boldly as it seems your peer review page is pretty inactive and I am working through around 90 such similar peer review pages. Please feel free to discuss below - please ping me ({{u|Tom (LT)}}) in your response.

Cheers and hope you are well, Tom (LT) (talk) 23:51, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

I've submitted black-cowled oriole there, if anybody wants to have a look at the new process. MeegsC (talk) 14:45, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

I only see it at the general peer review, not the bird-specific one? FunkMonk (talk) 14:47, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Yeah, I can't figure out how to add it to the WP:BIRDS review page. I just get a red link when I try. MeegsC (talk) 14:48, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Got it sorted now. I don't like how it lists articles for review though; I've already given Tom my two pence. MeegsC (talk) 15:10, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Tom (LT) has taken suggestions on board, and the review list looks a lot better now. Let him know what you think. MeegsC (talk) 19:23, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

Move discussion at Brant (goose)

Please see here: Talk:Brant_(goose)#Requested_move_18_November_2020 and comment if interested. Somatochlora (talk) 14:25, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Elfin woods warbler

Hi gang: I've been asked to review elfin woods warbler (currently one of our FA articles), which was elevated to that status back in 2006. I've found a few issues, which I've listed here. If anybody feels like helping out, we might keep this one from falling into the FA review process if we can get it sorted quickly enough. MeegsC (talk) 14:59, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

A potential merge

There's been a suggestion to merge Stewart shag with Otago shag. Comments can be made here. It's a bit convoluted, but it looks like the original article is the Otago shag one; it's been in existence since 2005, and has gone through a number of name changes. The Stewart shag article was created with the same scientific name in 2016. The editor who created it is now calling for the two articles to be merged. Please weigh in! MeegsC (talk) 11:05, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

This has now been sorted. There's a "disambiguation" article at Stewart Island shag which points readers to the two species that resulted from the split. Thanks to all who commented. MeegsC (talk) 13:21, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

What happened to the discussion? It seems to have got lost in the moves. —  Jts1882 | talk  13:25, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

Mini-macaw/maracanã

Just a quick question. In Brazil, does maracanã refer specifically to the red-shouldered macaw, or is it all mini-macaws? Just found a small contradiction in the two pages that bugged me. They all have "maracanã" in their Portuguese names. 146.200.127.140 (talk) 01:37, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

I can't answer your question, but where are the contradictions?

The Mini-macaw article mentions that small macaws are "maracanã" in Portuguese (unsourced). The red-shouldered macaw article doesn't mention the term. The Blue-winged Macaw is Primolius maracana but I see no mention of maracana in the English names of any macaws on the IOC and BOW websites. —  Jts1882 | talk  08:48, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

The maracanã page. I added a link to mini-macaw article there the other day, but the defintion of red-shouldered macaw was already there. 146.200.127.140 (talk) 13:03, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

I've asked a Brazilian bird guide for comment, and will let you know what he says. MeegsC (talk) 13:19, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

The Portuguese article for maracanã lists all the same mini-macaws with this in their common name, FWIW. The large macaws are "arara"? 146.200.127.140 (talk) 21:35, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

For what its worth, my Brazilian friend says all mini-macaws are maracanãs. However, I have no source (other than my reliable friend) to point you to. MeegsC (talk) 21:45, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

Thank you. While I'm here, can I point out that the hybrid macaw article needs work? Doesn't mention anything about the downsides or the controversies of breeding hybrids. Interested in this because an internet friend had pair of blue and golds that laid an egg. He also had a pet scarlet. He was very surprised to see that the baby macaw was orange when she started feathering up. 146.200.127.140 (talk) 22:02, 30 November 2020 (UTC)