Talk:White-browed wagtail

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Latest comment: 17 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Both

Ali, Salim (1986/2001). Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan, 2nd ed.,10 vols (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |year= (help); Unknown parameter |address= ignored (|location= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)Bird Number 1891, vol. 9,

as well as

Grewal, Bikram (2002). Photographic guide to birds of India. Periplus editions / Princeton University Press. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |address= ignored (|location= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help) p. 415

give the scientific name as Motacilla maderaspatensis. However, the IUCN, and possibly Grimmet/Inskipp:1988 gives it as Motacilla madaraspatensis. Links from both scientific names to this article already exist. This may be an instance of two different scientific names having been standardized to some degree - it is yet another instance of the disparity between local and global forces in ornithology. In any event it is something that needs to be fixed (not so much in this article as in the worldwide birding community) in the coming years.

Perhaps this note should be moved to a footnote in the article... mukerjee (talk) 16:27, 21 April 2007 (UTC)Reply

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