[WikiEN-l] naming convention for birds and others

[JFrost8401 at aol.com]

Fred

the other point I should have made is that non-standard capitalisation 
creates problems in itself. How do I distinguish [[penduline tit]], the group Remiz, 
from [[Penduline Tit]]  the species Remiz pendulinus. For that matter, how do 
I distinguish, in the text , Spotted Crakes, the species, from spotted crakes 
(all crakes with spots). 

There are good reasons why the normal capitalisation of species have been 
adopted. Even some of the invertebrate groups where scientific names are more 
common still capitalize the English name if it exists.

Jim
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