AOU Codes Discussion

[jasonhernandez74]

@bbk-htx

Why isn’t the 6 letter code based on the scientific name used instead of a 4 letter code based on the common name.

Maybe because four letters are one-third shorter than six?

@swampster

(I say “there’s a morning dove” when birding with a group of people, not “there’s a Zenaida macroura”)

And when I’m noting it in my field notes, m-dov comes more naturally to me than MODO.