Talk:Mottled duck

Florida Mottled Duck

Two points:

1. The name of "Florida Duck" (or, worse, "Florida Mallard") is a folk name. It is not a proper name. It's a holdover from when they were believed to be distinct from the Alabama-westwards population. So the entire species is, indeed, properly known as "Mottled Duck".

2. The discussion about threats to the Florida population of MODU obmits one of the more serious ones. It mentions possible hybridisation with lingering American Black Ducks - but has this ever been confirmed? I've never heard of it - but the real problem is genetic swamping by feral Mallards (aka "Mall-oids") which are illegally released and have become established throughout the state as permament, sedentary residents. This is perhaps the single most significant threat to the survival of the Florida MODUs as a genetically distinct population. (Remember, folks, "Easter Ducklings" are not cool!) - Aerobird 15:36, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Read it again and noticed that it does mention Malloidian swamping, but only in the context of continued habitat destruction and overhunting. Even if construction and hunting were stopped, the Florida Mottled Ducks are in serious danger of being swept under by the tidal wave of feral Mallards... - Aerobird 15:41, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Requested moves

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the proposal was moved by Materialscientist. --BDD (talk) 19:39, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

• Mottled Duck → Mottled duck
• Laysan Duck → Laysan duck
• Black Robin → Black robin
• Blue-winged Teal → Blue-winged teal
• Northern Pintail → Northern pintail
• Cinnamon Teal → Cinnamon teal
• Northern Shoveler → Northern shoveler
• White-cheeked Pintail → White-cheeked pintail
• Baikal Teal → Baikal teal
• Green-winged Teal → Green-winged teal

– Invert the redirections as the consensus and guidelines recommend not to capitalise the common (vernacular) names of species. See Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style#Bird common name decapitalisation and Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Animals, plants, and other organisms. Coreyemotela (talk) 13:45, 10 May 2014 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

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