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Standard Abbreviations for Common Names of Birds M Standard abbreviations for common names of birds M. Kathleen Klirnkiewicz I and Chandler $. I•obbins 2 During the past two decadesbanders have taken The system we proposefollows five simple rules their work more seriouslyand have begun record- for abbreviating: ing more and more informationregarding the birds they are banding. To facilitate orderly record- 1. If the commonname is a singleword, use the keeping,bird observatories(especially Manomet first four letters,e.g., Canvasback, CANV. and Point Reyes)have developedstandard record- 2. If the common name consistsof two words, use ing forms that are now available to banders.These the first two lettersof the firstword, followed by forms are convenientfor recordingbanding data the first two letters of the last word, e.g., manually, and they are designed to facilitate Common Loon, COLO. automateddata processing. 3. If the common name consists of three words Because errors in species codes are frequently (with or without hyphens),use the first letter of detectedduring editing of bandingschedules, the the first word, the first letter of the secondword, Bird BandingOffices feel that bandersshould use and the first two lettersof the third word, e.g., speciesnames or abbreviationsthereof rather than Pied-billed Grebe, PBGR. only the AOU or speciescode numbers on their field sheets.Thus, it is essentialthat any recording 4. If the common name consists of four words form have provision for either common names, (with or without hypens), use the first letter of Latin names, or a suitable abbreviation. Most each word, •.g., Great Black-backed Gull, recordingforms presentlyin use have a 4-digit GBBG. field for abbreviated common names; however, 5. If the commonname consistsof five words, treat abbreviated common names should not be used on it as four words, e.g., Puget Sound White- bandingschedules. crownedSparrow, PSW$. The purposeof thispaper is to make availablea system for common name abbreviations.The There are a few exceptionsto the rules to dis- systemis presentlybeing usedby us and others, tinguishtwo speciesthat would otherwisehave the and it has decided advantages over the list same abbreviation. In most instances where two publishedby $tamm (IBBA News 39:46-48)and birds would have had identical abbreviations, one othersystems that have been developed by various is a rare or very local speciesseldom handled by banders for their own use. North American banders. The abbreviation derived by following the five rules is given to the Beforedeveloping the systemdescribed here, we more commonor widely distributedspecies with a had triedusing the $tamm abbreviations but found single exception,the BlackpollWarbler (which that the codeshad to be memorized individually since no standardized procedure had been formerly was hyphenated so that BPWA is an abbreviation easily remembered). The 28 ex- followed.Thus, it was easy to inadvertentlywrite ceptionsto the five standardrules are listedin the down the abbreviationfor the wrong species.The Appendix. $tamm abbreviationsare of variable length (1 to 4 digits).For example, he adoptedC for Canvasback The AmericanBirding Association has publisheda and CA for Cardinal. Under the proposedsystem checklist (A.B.A. 1975) of North American bird every speciesis given a 4-letter abbreviation speciesusing names that are diagnosticon a world- (CANV for Canvasback,CARD for Cardinal).In wide basis. Insofar as possible, they have the $tamm list, the family name precedes the anticipatedchanges that will be made in the next speciesname, but in the proposedsystem the AOU Check-List, which will also include Central name is written in the sequencein which it is given American birds. The A.B.A. names are being in ordinary speech (SongSparrow rather than adoptedby other authorsand so are includedin Sparrow, Song). the following list whenever they differ from the Page16 NorthAmerican Bird Bander Vol.3, No. 1 names in the AOU Check-List. Our inclusion of the We must stressthat the 4-digit abbreviations are A.B.A. names resulted in one additional duplica- strictly for the convenienceof banders in their tion of names,Thin-billed Murre (CommonMurre own records and should never be used as a sub- of AOU), which has been abbreviatedTHMU to stitute for common or scientific names on distinguishit from the Thick-billed Murre, TBMU. schedulessubmitted to the Banding Offices. ALPHA SP. BAND ALPHA SP. BAND CODE NO. SIZE COMMON NAME CODE NO. SIZE COMMON NAME Loons Cormorants COLO 007.0 8 Common Loon GRCO 119.0 8 Great Cormorant YBLO 008.0 9 Yellow-billed Loon DCCO 120.0 8-7B Double-crested Cormorant ARLO 010.0 7B Arctic Loon OLCO 121.0 7A Olivaceous Cormorant RTLO 011.0 7B Red-throated Loon BRCO 122.0 8 Brandt's Cormorant Grebes PECO 123.0 7B-7A PelagicCormorant RFCO 124.0 8 Red-faced Cormorant RNGR 002.0 7A Red-neckedGrebe HOGR 003.0 6-5 Horned Grebe Artbingo EAGR 004.0 5 Eared Grebe ANHI 118.0 8 Anhinga LEGR 005.0 4 Least Grebe (AMANAm. Anhinga) WEGR 001.0 7A-7B Western Grebe Frigatebirds PBGR 006.0 5-6 Pied-billed Grebe MAFR 12B.O 7B-7A MagnificentFrigatebird Albatrosses GRFR 128.1 7B-7A GreatFrigatebird BFAL 081.0 7B Black-looted Albatross LEFR 128.2 7A LesserFrigatebird LAAL 082.1 7B LaysanAlbatross Herons Shearwaters GWHE 192.0 8 Great White Heron NOFU 086.0 6 Northern Fulmar GBHE 194.0 7B Great Blue Heron GRSH 089.0 6 Greater Shearwater GRHE 201.0 5 Green Heron SOSH 095.0 4-5 SootyShearwater LBHE 200.0 6 Little Blue Heron MASH 090.0 4A-4 Manx Shearwater CAEG 200.1 6 CattleEgret BEPE 098.1 4 Bermuda Petrel REEG 198.0 BOPE 099.1 3-2 Bonin Petrel 6 ReddishEgret GREG 196.0 7B-7A GreatEgret Storm-Petrels SNEG 197.0 6 SnowyEgret FTSP 105.0 lB Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel LOHE 199.0 6 Louisiana Heron LSPE 106.0 1B Leach's Storm-Petrel BCNH 202.0 7A Black-cr.Night Heron ASPE 108.0 1B AshyStorm-Petrel YCNH 203.0 BSPE 107.0 1A Black Storm-Petrel 7A Yellow-cr.Night Heron LEBI 191.0 4 Least Bittern LTPE 103.0 1B Least Storm-Petrel AMBI 190.0 6 American Bittern WSPE 109.0 1A-1B Wilson's Storm-Petrel Storks Tropicbirds WOST 188.0 7A Wood Stork RBTR 113.0 4A Red-billedTropicbird WTTR 112.0 4 White-tailedTropicbird Ibises RTTR 113.1 5 Red-tailedTropicbird GLIB 186.0 6 GlossyIbis WFI8 187.0 6 White-faced Ibis Pelicans WHIB 184.0 6-7A White Ibis WHPE 125.0 9 White Pelican SCIB 185.0 6 ScarletIbis (AWPEAm. White Pelican) ROSP 183.0 BRPE 126.0 9-8 Brown Pelican 7B RoseateSpoonbill Flamingos Boobies,Gannets AMFL 182.0 8 AmericanFlamingo BFBO 114.0 7B-8 Blue-facedBooby (MABOMasked Booby) BLBO 114.1 7A-7B Blue-fooledBooby BRBO 115.0 7B BrownBooby RFBO 116.0 7B-7A Red-fooledBooby GANN 117.0 8-9 Gannet (NOGA No. Gannet) Jan.-Mar.1978 North AmericanBird Bander Page17 ALPHA SP. BAND ALPHA SP. BAND CODE NO. SIZE COMMON NAME CODE NO. SIZE COMMONNAME Waterfowl HADU 155.0 5 HarlequinDuck MUSW 178.2 9C Mute Swan STEI 157.0 6 Steller's Eider WPSW 179.0 9 WhooperSwan COEI 160.0 7A CommonEider 8ESW 181.1 9 Bewick's Swan PAEI 161.0 7A Pacific Eider WHSW 180.0 9 WhistlingSwan KIEl 162.0 6 KingEider TRSW 181.0 9-9C TrumpeterSwan SPEI 158.0 6 SpectacledEider CAG0 172.0 8 Canada Goose WWSC 165.0 7A White-wingedScorer ACGO 172.1 7A Aleutian Canada Goose SUSC 166.0 7A Surf Scorer CKGO 172.7 7A CacklingGoose BLSC 163.0 7A Black Scorer SCGO 172.9 78 Small Canada Goose RUDU 167.0 6 RuddyDuck BRAN 173.0 7B Brant MADU 168.0 5 Masked Duck BLSR ) 74.0 7A Black Brant HOME 131.0 5 HoodedMerganser UNBR )73.) 7A Unidentified Brant COME 129.0 7A CommonMerganser BAGO 175.0 7B Barnacle Goose R8ME 130.0 6-5 Red-breast.Merganser EMGO 176.0 7B EmperorGoose Vultures WFGO )7) .0 7B White-fronted Goose TUVU 325.0 8-70-7B TurkeyVulture (GWFGGr. White-fronted Goose) BLVU 326.0 8-7D-7B Black Vulture LSGO 169.0 7B LesserSnow Goose CACO 324.0 9 California Condor (Whitephase) Kites, Hawks BLGO 169.1 7B Blue Goose WTKI *328.0 6-5 White-tailed Kite (Bluephase of LesseFSnow Goose) STKI *327.0 5 Swallow-tailed Kite SBGI 169.5 7B Snow-BlueGoose Intermediate MIKI *329.0 5 MississippiKite GSGO 169.9 7B Greater Snow Goose EVKI *330.0 6 EvergladeKite ROGO 170.0 7B Ross' Goose (SNKI Snail Kite) BBWD 177.0 7A Black-bel.Whistling-duck GOSH *334.0 t7B-•7A Goshawk FWDU 178.0 7A-6 FulvousWhistling-duck (NOGONorthern Goshawk) MALL 132.0 7A Mallard SSHA 332.0 f•3A-•'2 Sharp-shinnedHawk MBDH 132.1 7A Mallardx BlackOuck Hybrid COHA *333.0 f•5-•' 4 Cooper'sHawk MEDU 133.1 7A Mexican Duck RTHA *337.0 7B-7D-7A-8 Red-tailed Hawk BLOU 133.0 7A Black Duck HLHA *337.6 7B-7A Harlan's Hawk (ABDUAmerican Black Ouck) RSHA *339.0 6 Red-shouldered Hawk MOOU 134.0 7A Mottled Ouck BWHA *343.0 5-6 Broad-wingedHawk GADW 135.0 6 Gadwall SWHA *342.0 7A Swainson's Hawk PINT 143.0 6 Pintail ZTHA *340.0 7A Zone-tailed Hawk (COPICommon Pintail) WTHA '341.0 6 White-tailed Hawk EGWT 13B.0 4-4A EurasianGreen-winged Teal STHA *344.0 6 Short-tailed Hawk AGWT 139.0 4-4A AmericanGreen-winged Teal RLHA *347.0 7A-7B Rough-leggedHawk BWTE 140.0 5-4A Blue-wingedTeal FEHA *348.0 7D-7B-8 FerruginousHawk CITE 141.0 5-4A Cinnamon Teal GRHA *346.0 6-5 GrayHawk GATE 140.3 5-4A GarganeyTeal HAHA *335.0 7A-7B Harris' Hawk UNTE 140.1 5-4A Unidentified Teal BLHA *345.0 7A-6 Black Hawk EUWI 136.0 6 EuropeanWigeon (LBHALesser Black Hawk) (EUWIEurasian Wigeon) GOEA 349.0 9(rivet) GoldenEagle AMWI 137.0 6 AmericanWigeon BAEA 352.0 9(rivet) BaldEagle NOSH 142.0 5 Northern Shoveler MAHA '331.0 f•5- d'4 Marsh Hawk WOOU 144.0 6-5 Wood Duck (NOHANorthern Harrier) REDH 146.0 6 Redhead Osprey RNDU 150.0 6 Ring-neckedOuck OSPR *364.0 8 Osprey CANV 147.0 7A Canvasback GRSC 148.0 6-5 GreaterScaup Falcons CARA *362.0 7B Caracara LESC 149.0 6-5 LesserScaup (CRCACrested Caracara) COGO 151.0 6 CommonGoldeneye GYRF *354.7 7B Gyrfalcon BAGO 152.0 7A Barrow'sGoldeneye PRFA *355.0 •7A-o'6 Prairie Falcon BUFF 153.0 5 Bufflehead PEFA *356.0 •7B-•'7A PeregrineFalcon OLDS 154.0 5-6 Oldsquaw APFA *359.0 5 AplomadoFalcon MERL *357.0 •4- d'3A Merlin AMKE 360.0 3B American Kestrel Page18 NorthAmerican Bird Bander Vol.3, No.
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