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Dozens of bird names to change in purge of former enslavers, racists

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Dozens of bird names to change in purge of former enslavers, racists

The American Ornithological Society (AOS) plans to change the names of all the bird species named after people, including changing those named after enslavers and prominent racists. In a news release Wednesday, the organization said it will remove the names given to North American birds such as Lewis’s Woodpecker, Townsend’s Warbler and Anna’s Hummingbird, adding…

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