# The state of common names

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/the-state-of-common-names/39118>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [February 5, 2023, 5:06am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/the-state-of-common-names/39118 "2023-02-05T05:06:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![lawnranger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/lawnranger/32/34961_2.png) [@lawnranger](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/lawnranger)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 7:14am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/the-state-of-common-names/39118/14 "2023-04-04T07:14:40Z")

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They’re the same thing. I thought there was an AOU line in the [cleanup script](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/clean-up-currently-available-lexicons/12453/12) which was run about a week ago, so was surprised to see they hadn’t been merged. I’ll need to have another closer look.

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