Several bird species are to be renamed in the US and Canada to eradicate links with individuals with racist or colonial pasts. I have to asky why? If something ain't broken, why try and fix it? You can't eradicate/sanitize history only learn from it. "Several bird species in the US and Canada will receive new names based on their habitats and traits rather than people’s names, the American Ornithological Society has announced. After years of controversy, the society will remove all human names for bird species, including those linked to people with racist histories." Full Article: <here>
