Talk:Australian wood duck

Requested move

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The result of the proposal was not moved. Orderinchaos 21:12, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

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Australian Wood Duck → Maned Duck – Wikipedia/IOC name synchronization....Move bar locked. User concerns about name change....Pvmoutside (talk) 15:21, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

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I saw you reverted Maned Duck back to Australian Wood Duck. FYI, Wikipedia uses the IOC (Internationl Ornithological Congress) bidlist as it's official english names list. (see e.g. Talk:Tasmanian Nativehen#Nomenclature). I realize that conversation was over a hyphen, but Wikipedia is making a concerted effort to use all the names on that list. Local/regional name preferences are not one of the reasons to use a nd alternate name. I am going to revert back to Maned Duck, unless you can find a more compelling argument. Let me know....Pvmoutside (talk) 15:15, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

Oh please, International Ornithological Congress (which isn't the bible) is trying to force the name it wants not what is common (WP:COMMON) within its native country. Sorry but you will have to use the WP:RM per the bird project which states if it is disputed. Fact is Australian Wood Duck is a far more common name then Maned Duck and even the Australian Museum, Canberra Ornithologists Group, University of Queensland, Indigenous Flora and Fauna Association and Centennial Park (Sydney) uses Australian Wood Duck (not a "regional term/name"). Bidgee (talk) 15:42, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

Brigee, thats not it all all. Many of the committees worldwide are trying to find a way communicate commonly about birds. I invite you to go to the Wikiproject Birds discussion page to learn more about why this is taking place.....Pvmoutside (talk) 15:01, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

• The above was copied from my talk page. Bidgee (talk) 21:20, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

• Australian Wood Duck was also reverted from a move to the IOC name, Maned Duck, with WP:COMMONNAME cited. Thoughts? —innotata 19:06, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

• I have not seen any discussion about that move. Was there any discussion anywhere? Snowman (talk) 19:23, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

• The only discussion was between the users who moved it at User_talk:Bidgee#Australian_Wood_Duck. —innotata 01:25, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

The IOC, Clements, Birdlife Internatonal, Sibley and Monroe, ebird, and Howard & Moore all refer to the Australian Wood Duck as the Maned Duck. It appeared the Australian Wood Duck was a regional name, so I moved it. In North America, we have the Wood Duck. So if we choose to keep the name as Australian Wood Duck, then NA's Wood Duck becomes American Wood Duck???????? The name listed on the page now is Australian Wood Duck. My guess is we want it reverted back to Maned Duck? I am now locked and can't make the revert. Pvmoutside (talk) 00:26, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

• Oppose I've pointed out a number of reliable sources which use Australian Wood Duck (Birds Australia, Australian Museum, Canberra Ornithologists Group, University of Queensland, Indigenous Flora and Fauna Association and Centennial Park (Sydney)), which is the WP:COMMONNAME. Maned Duck, like the term Goose is rarely used. Chenonetta jubata is only native to Australia not the US, though it can be found in zoo's in the US but that does not mean we follow what the US uses. Regards to Aix sponsa, its common name is Wood Duck, has nothing to do with the Australian Wood Duck. Bidgee (talk) 20:54, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
• Oppose per Bidgee. Since this creature is specifically called the "Australian Wood Duck" and not just "Wood Duck", the name as used in Australia should prevail. Had it been found in other areas "Maned Duck" might be appropriate but this isn't the case here. Americans like to call one of Australia's icons an "eemoo" but that doesn't mean we're going to change the name to suit them. I don't see why this duck should be any different. If people outside of Australia want to call it something else then they're welcome to. That's why we have redirects, and Wikipedia:Article titles clearly applies here. --AussieLegend (talk) 04:26, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
• Comment A few exceptions have been made to IOC namings in Wikipedia e.g. Blue-fronted Amazon and African Grey Parrot, also see Wikipedia / Kim Van Der Linde 2009 reaction to IOC on the latter example. One would have to inquire about the rationale the IOC (or actually now IOU) had when determining that the default Wood Duck should be the North American one as opposed to the Australian (Maned) Wood Duck; the naming approach seems to conflict with WP:UNDUE and raises a systemic bias question. Dl2000 (talk) 03:13, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
• Grudging support - I commend the IOC/IOU for trying to standardise names, I just wish that we could help them choose some better ones. I can argue making an exception for this one, but then we could probably for lots of other ones too. When I was a kid Malurus superbus was unequicvocally called "Blue Wren", but over the next few decades it is now comfortably the "Superb Fairy-wren" (in Oz, the IOC have done away with the hyphen...) - ditto "Painted Quail" which is now "Painted Buttonquail". So maybe an official note to the IOC? Casliber (talk · contribs) 13:08, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

• Comment: IOC has no authority with the naming of birds within Australia and the fact is the IOC's naming can't overrule WP:COMMONNAME. Bidgee (talk) 13:22, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

• FWIW, I have sent the IOC an email alerting them of this discussion - it'd be good if we can open up some dialogue with them. Casliber (talk · contribs) 21:10, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
• Australian Wood Duck is the common name in my view. I'd never heard use of Maned Duck before the rename. JJ Harrison (talk) 23:38, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

• I first recognized this bird in my hometown of Maryborough, Queensland in 2009. Simpson and Day's 7Ed "Field Guide to the Birds of Australia" allowed me to identify it as I was able to see, from about 75 metres, that it had a mane. The mane was the clincher as far as identification went. Simpson and Day describe it, on page 64, as the "Australian Wood (Maned) Duck". A nice compromise, me thinks. Since my first sighting, I have always thought of it as the Maned Duck. Haven't seen one yet in Alice Springs, though their range does extend here. Maybe I'll ask some Aboriginal people what they call it, and really throw a cat among the pigeons as far as its common name goes! Greg Winterflood (talk) 01:21, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

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File:Chenonetta jubata female 2.jpg to appear as POTD soon

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Picture of the day

The Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata, female shown here) is a dabbling duck found throughout much of Australia. This 45–51 cm (18–20 in) duck looks like a small goose, and feeds on grassland mostly by grazing in flocks. Unusually for a duck, it rarely swims.Photo: JJ Harrison

Issues with the Picture of the Day: POTD/2011-09-26

The last sentence "... Unusually for a duck, it rarely swims.". is simply NOT TRUE !! What the author MAY have been trying to say is that "Unusually for a duck, it can live far away from water for a long time", but that is not the same thing. Old_Wombat (talk) 08:10, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, at the time I wrote the blurb, that's what the article said. howcheng {chat} 19:12, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

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Picture of the day

An Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata) duckling. Also known as the Maned Duck or Maned Goose, this species of dabbling duck is found throughout most of Australia. Its habitat includes lightly wooded swamps, marshes, open woodland and grassland.Photo: Benjamint444

Yerrinbool

'Yerrinbool' is supposed to be the Aboriginal name for Wood Duck. is this so? If it is, which Aboriginal language does it come from? The town in the Wingecarribee Shire that has this name seems to have been given it by a real estate agent, circa 1919. I doubt that Yerrinbool is, for example, a Tharawal or Gundungerra word, since the species is so widespread. Does anyone know for sure? Bluedawe 04:02, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

Requested move 2

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The result of the proposal was not moved. --BDD (talk) 23:31, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

Australian Wood Duck → Maned Duck – WP Birds have been using IOC names for 2 or 3 years following a consensus decision. Work has continued to enhance the consistency between IOC and Wiki species names for birds. See also WP:CCC. Snowman (talk) 11:15, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

• Futile complaint: It should be Australian wood duck or Maned duck, per WP:NCCAPS. --BDD (talk) 17:34, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
  • Observe the birds-based exception in that very guideline! Frickeg (talk) 06:33, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
• Oppose, this name is unknown in Australia, therefore it is not the common name.--Grahame (talk) 00:42, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
• Oppose. There have been various, futile attempts to get "Maned Duck" to catch on in Australia, where this species is endemic. Yet still, no one calls it that. Frickeg (talk) 06:33, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
• Oppose, per WP:COMMONNAME. Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 11:07, 1 February 2014 (UTC).
• Oppose - While consensus can change, WP:COMMONNAME is clear. --AussieLegend (✉) 13:55, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
• Oppose I've never heard the bird referred to as a maned duck, even by ornithologists, and it's been 30+ years since I've heard maned goose. The common name is clearly "wood duck".Mark Marathon (talk) 22:18, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
• Oppose While it's good to standardise names to IOC where it's relatively uncontroversial or where it resolves a naming dispute (Great Northern Loon), I think there are cases like this where it flies in the face of common sense Jimfbleak - talk to me? 06:54, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
• Oppose at present, I recall books calling it the Maned Goose when I was a kid - I don't recall any sources using it, Might be worth looking at what it is called in some Emu aritcles. Hmmm, Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 19:25, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

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