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Talk:Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo

message: This article was extremely brief and still requires a lot of work. I was confused because the name of the Cuckoo (Hodgson’s) on Wikipedia was actually not the name found in our textbook (Horsefield’s hawk-cuckoo) even though the species name was the same: Cuculus fugax. Perhaps the alternate name could also be added to the article as clarification. The article focuses solely on the parasitic behavior of the species. There is no information about feeding, predation, courting rituals, or any other behavioral traits of the birds, and there is also no general description of their physical characteristics. However, the article did have all the essential facts from my textbook about the parasitic behavior, including the trick with the yellow wing patches that resemble false gapes, and how sometimes hosts are tricked into placing food into the patch. The only other thing that could be added in terms of parasitism is that experiments that darkened the yellow patches on the Cuckoo chicks resulted in reduced provisioning. It would also be helpful to add a photograph of a Cuckoo chick brandishing the yellow wing patch, like the one in the textbook. 
Ihyuan (talk) 19:59, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Behavioral Ecology Assignment

message: Hi, I am reviewing articles for the behavioral ecology course I am taking this Fall.
The Wikipedia entry on the Hodgson Hawk Cuckoo Cuculus fugax is the shortest of all the ones I reviewed. It only discusses the parasitic behavior of the Cuckoo, which exploits the visual cues parents use to determine which offspring to feed. By exposing a false gape, a yellow wing patch, the cuckoo induces its host mom to feed it more food. All the information in the book is also provided in the article. I would like to see a table of contents with multiple sections added to this article. More background information on the Hawk Cuckoo, like where they are found, what their diet is like, and what their common predators are the most obvious facts that need to be added. Further research on the animal may help me come up with other things to add. 
Katheefwah (talk) 19:52, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Behavioral Ecology Course
Talk:List of U.S. county birds

message: I couldn't find references for: "Lake County, California - great blue heron, Ardea herodias (unofficial)" or "Westchester County, New York - blue jay, Cyanocitta cristata". 
If the Lake County one is unofficial, is there any reason it should be included in the list? Can anyone find a reference for the Westchester County one?
Thanks,  SchreiberBike | ⌨  22:00, 29 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Needs references
Talk:Moin Akhter

message: Is this article supposed to be a fanzine? --115.167.94.72 (talk) 05:52, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fanboyish 

message: Such good articles about Pakistani actors are much needed. Someone please do a page on Irfan Khokhar, the guy who played deh jamaat paas, direct hawaldar in Pak TV serial Andhera Ujala  Jon Ascton  (talk) 22:10, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: We need such articles

message: What's correct - Moin Akhter as per article name or Moin Akhtar as per lede/infobox? Since it is a person's name, one of the two should be correct & not both? Please indicate (preferably by referencing the article text) and move to the correct article namespace if necessary. AshLin (talk) 20:34, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: It seems right one is Moin Akhtar, most of the sources say it and also search results with a are larger than e. --SMS  Talk 21:02, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article name spelling 
Talk:Mountain trogon

message: You'd think that the assertion "The species name mexicanus means "Mexico"" would have been transparently erroneous, but when I corrected the text to read "The species name mexicanus means "Mexican" User:MeegsC, who apparently owns this article, | did me the discourtesy of reverting my edit, observing "according to the source, it means "Mexico", not "Mexican". Since I never return to an article where a perfectly sensible edit has been reverted, this will have to stand. Let my experience be a warning to would-be editors of this proprietary article.--Wetman (talk) 09:41, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: , don't be ridiculous. I don't own this article, anymore than you do! The source says Mexico, not Mexican. We're supposed to cite to sources. If I cite to a source that says Mexico and you change it to Mexican, is it still correct? I don't know, but my gut says go with the source, not with the possible synthesis. Yes, you and I both know that Mexican is probably perfectly acceptable. But why not go with the source?! MeegsC (talk) 13:41, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Here's the whole entry, from the "Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names": mexicanum / mexicanus Mexico. • TL. Mexico; 􏰀 “Yacapatlahoac” of Hernandez (1651), and “Souchet du Méxique” of Brisson (1760) (syn. Anas clypeata); 􏰀 “Comaltecatl” of Hernandez 252 (1651), and “Échasse du Méxique” of Brisson (1760) (Himantopus); 􏰀 “Mexican Eared Owl” of Latham (1781) (syn. Rhinoptynx clamator). • TL. New Spain (= Mexico); 􏰀 “Hocitzanatl” of Hernandez (1651) and Ray (1676), “Criard” of Pernety (1771), and “Mexican Crow” of Latham (1781) (Cassidix). • TL. Mexico and Louisiana; 􏰀 “Caille de la Louisiane” of Brisson (1760) (syn. Colinus virginianus). • Erroneous TL. New Spain (= Cayenne); 􏰀 “Troupiale brun de la Nouvelle Espagne” (= 􏰃) of Brisson (1760) (Gymnomystax). • Erroneous TL. Mexico (= Jamaica) (syn. Icterus leucopteryx). • Erroneous TL. Mexico (= Puerto Rico) (Todus). Do with it what you will. And I would appreciate you not doing the discourtesy of accusing me of "owning" the article! MeegsC (talk) 13:44, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Latin literacy bottoms out
Talk:Pouter

message: The square in front of my house is home to many feral pigeons, most of which look like ordinary feral pigeons, though a few have unusual plumage. Of those of "ordinary" coat, several have a display which includes thickening the neck (inflating the crop, I suppose) while lowering and widening the tail feathers in a sort of fan. This especially happens during what I call courtship, when one pigeon will follow another one, walking about one pigeon length or so behind (let's say 20 to 30 cm). Made me think of a Brussels Franco-Flemish dialect idiom, where "een dikke nek" ("a thick neck") means someone vainglorious and boastful, so I mentally called that display "the pigeon strut". Tonymec (talk) 05:24, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Feral pouters
Talk:Pygostyle

message: I'm confused about this point. The article cites the new He et al. paper to claim that Similicaudipteryx had a rod-like, rather than dagger-like pygostyle. I don't have access to the paper, but the abstract clearly states that it's a dagger-like pygostyle, and in fact that this is they key feature uniting it with Caudipteryx, implying that Caudi has a pygostyle as well (it's been restored that way in skeletlas but I don't think it's mentioned in the original description. I'd heard it wasn't preserved in most specimens but present in others?). This article states that Caudipteryx lacked a pygostyle, seemingly contradicting the new paper. The article also implies that Similicaudipteryx did not have a fan of retrices because they were not preserved. Again, not having seen the paper I don't know if feathers were preserved or not, but if it's that close to Caudipteryx, I don't see why we shouldn't assume it had them, as other close relatives like Protarchaepteryx seem to. Dys, do you have a copy of the paper your working from? Can you clear some of this up? Dinoguy2 (talk) 02:57, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Caudipterid pygostyles 

message: The one unsourced sentence of this "article" should be supplied with references and included here. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 20:57, 17 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Oppose These are two completely different biological processes. Manx cats don't have pygostyles. MeegsC (talk) 14:52, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merge of [[Rumpless]] into [[Pygostyle]]
Talk:Red-naped trogon

message: There is a much more complete draft at Red-naped Trogon that needs a few changes to be made prior to being ready for article space.  (This article isn't ready for article space but is in article space.)  When the draft is ready for article space, this article will be proposed for deletion to make way for the move.  Robert McClenon (talk) 17:32, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I have WP:MERGEed the draft into this article.  @Robert McClenon, we do not delete existing mainspace articles to replace with new drafts. The proper process is to merge useful content from the draft to the existing mainspace article. At AFC we are supposed to decline such draft submissions using the "Exists" rationale, regardless of the quality or content of the mainspace article or the draft. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 10:35, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  [Draft: Red-naped Trogon]]
Talk:Sociality

message: Do humans really belong to the list of presocial species between birds and insects?  Were humans presocial at any time?  Shouldn't that period of time be specified? Proski 19:35, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Aren't we Presocial Now? 71.233.230.223 (talk) 22:00, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes we are, probably between communal and quasisocial would be the best fit.58.178.149.198 (talk) 22:00, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: So basically I gather we humans are not as social as some other animal species?--78.60.103.193 (talk) 08:40, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, but be careful not to generalize based on norms in Western societies. Ringbang (talk) 18:57, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

text: Yeah, that's far too high on the scale; we're nothing like ants and bees. Many contemporary human cultures, including hunter-gatherer cultures, which seem to reflect Paleolithic cultures most closely, living in kin groups (bands) of about 30–50 individuals, are quasisocial, as my lay understanding goes. Modern Western cultures are better described as communal. --Florian Blaschke (talk) 01:11, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Are humans presocial?

message: — Assignment last updated by Eetd02 (talk) 07:47, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: Adult Development Winter 2023

message: How come jaguars are considered presocial in one paragraph, and in the next, it says sub social animals care for their young. Jaguars care for their young so I do not understand this. 23.226.171.190 (talk) 00:03, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Classification into presocial and subsocial
Talk:Morris Kaufman

message: I think this needs to go to AfD, at the very least. On my reading of WP:JUDGE, he would indeed be presumed notable, as he is a judge of a provincewide court, which is specifically covered by that notability guideline:
"The following are presumed to be notable:
Politicians and judges who have held international, national or sub-national (statewide/provincewide) office, and members or former members of a national, state or provincial legislature".
I will de-PROD all the articles of judges of provincial courts for the same reason. RebeccaGreen (talk) 12:14, 5 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  PROD removal
Talk:Hadith of Mut'ah and Sura Muminun

message: Needs editing, but perhaps some of the other hadith pages on this subject could be mergedf in here, instead of deleting this one. DGG (talk) 19:37, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

message: Zamakhshari was not a sunni. He was mu'tazili. Hamid-Masri (talk) 20:27, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Zamakhshari?? 

message: There's a link to Sura 69 (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/maududi/mau69.html) in the references, but it's not obvious to me why it's there. Can someone either educate me or remove it?  The Crab Who Played With The Sea (talk) 20:29, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sura 69 not relevant?
Talk:Taiwanese Game

message: A new infobox  has been created for chicken articles.  If you see anywhere it needs improved please contact User:Stepshep.  If it meets your criteria it is requested you add it to this article's page for standardization. Thanks! §hep  •  ¡Talk to me! 17:04, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Chickenbreed Infobox
Talk:Syrinx (bird anatomy)

message: Direct observation of syringeal muscle function in songbirds and a parrot. Larson and Goller, 2002. Talks about the probable importance of the medial and lateral labium and their vibrations during vocalization, which are completely unmentioned here, should be added.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.60.6.54 (talk) 14:31, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Untitled
Talk:Victoria Louise-class cruiser

message: Assessed as B-class. In the Machinery section it says, "The Belleville boilers in Freya..." after listing the Freya as having Niclausse boilers. Djmaschek (talk) 03:44, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Good catch, "Niclausse" is correct. Parsecboy (talk) 14:08, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Editing comment
Talk:Moshe Lewin

message: Anyone know if Lewin remains an Israeli citizen, or if he's become British or American? - TheMightyQuill (talk) 14:45, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citizenship? 

message: In the off chance that a relative of Moshe Lewin should find this page, please do not hesitate to get in touch if there is additional information, family photos, etc., which may be added to the public record. Thank you!  —Tim Davenport, Early American Marxism website, Corvallis, OR MutantPop@aol.com Carrite (talk) 18:41, 19 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Note to relatives
Talk:White-headed petrel

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thread_title:  Featured picture scheduled for POTD
Talk:Emden goose

message: Most of the breeds are listed under the singular so I'm being bold and renaming.--Doug.(talk • contribs) 02:36, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Goose or Geese? 
Talk:Sebastopol goose

message: :ru:Породы_домашних_гусей mentions a Курчавая (Kurchawaya) goose, literally "Ringlet goose". Is this this breed? Dysmorodrepanis (talk) 13:22, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Not sure! Does sound like it though, since the distinctive quality is the curly feathers. I'm not sure what else ringlet might relate to. I guess having the scientific species names would provide a definitive answer. - Owlmonkey (talk) 17:14, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Russian name?
Talk:Amethyst-throated mountaingem

message: My source is 'A Birder's Guide to Southeastern Arizona' by James A. Lane (1974), p. 69.  There are reports that the Lampornis amethystinus was observed in Ramsey Canyon and Cave Creek Canyon (both in Cochise County).  Author speculates that one or, perhaps, both, were misidentified or were hybrids.  @Mmslouis db-user  db-user (talk) 19:43, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Doubtful records in Arizona
Talk:Bearded helmetcrest

message: Does anyone know who it was that first used the phrase "Bearded Helmetcrest"? The article only mentioned its scientific name, but I think it would be a great insight if we could discuss what exactly made that person give it such a ridiculous name. Ive always been really interested in localization of names and pet-names and the like (Just trying to make sure everyone knows I am serious, as I noticed my question could be taken as a forum or troll post or somesuch fairly easily.) 74.128.56.194 (talk) 04:10, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: It's a good question, and one that I don't know the answer to. Ummm...well, if someone finds out they are welcome to add it. Casliber (talk · contribs) 06:07, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Namer?
Talk:Black jacobin

message: Hi, I uploaded a great image here. Not sure how/if I can add myself to encyclopedia http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Image%3AFlorisuga_fusca_001_1280.jpg
Tomfriedel (talk) 16:07, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image for Black Jacobin 
Talk:Mugo wa Kibiru

message: These two bodies of water are represented by red text meaning pages have not been created for these; nevertheless, there is a page for Lake Victoria and one for the Indian Ocean. Is there an explanation behind this? Richard Mwangi (talk) 05:16, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Indian Ocean and Lake Victoria 

message: added the following links to a recently-created article Giant fig tree.  I turned that page into a redirect to here, but I didn't want the links to be buried.  Here they are:
*Land of the famed seer Mugo wa Kibiru 
*Visit Thika and Enjoy its Historical Riches
*Mugumo Gardens
davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 05:14, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possibly useful links
Talk:Blue-throated goldentail

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 
The result of the move request was: Unopposed move   (t · c) buidhe 00:44, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Blue-throated sapphire →  – per American Ornithological Society Checklist (the official source on the taxonomy of birds found in North and Middle America)
species: Chlorestes eliciae (Blue-throated Goldentail, Colibri d'Élicia) DiverDave (talk) 00:24, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 8 April 2021
Talk:Buffy hummingbird

message: Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that :File:Leucippus fallax.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on July 16, 2014. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2014-07-16. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. Thanks! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:06, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[:File:Leucippus fallax.jpg]]
Talk:Bumblebee hummingbird

message: Where did it say that they were least concern? Here it says they are endangered. http://www.ambergriscaye.com/birds/hummingbird.html I'm going to add some information to this article. Thylacine lover 17:11, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The website you're referring to is not talking about the Bumblebee Hummingbird, despite what it says on the site.  The Cuban endemic they're referring to is the Bee Hummingbird, which is a difference species altogether. MeegsC | Talk 10:52, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question
Talk:Muhammad ibn Sharif

message: I recently uploaded :File:Wenceslas Hollar - Muley Arsheid Zeriff (State 2).jpg, an engraving by Wenceslas Hollar, which I'm guessing based on the name in the image and the time frame, is Muhammad II of Morocco. Can someone confirm this? If so I will add it to this article, which currently lacks an image. Dcoetzee 06:20, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hollar engraving
Talk:Glow-throated hummingbird

message: I may have seen one of these glow throated hummingbirds in Mississippi I live in Florence Mississippi I had never seen 1 before but it had gotten under my porch and couldn't get out so I helped it with my broom it was sitting on my broom and I let it go outfrom under the porch ceiling but its  Throat was lighting up like a lightning bug 75.65.173.122 (talk) 14:01, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Glow throated humming bird
Talk:Glowing puffleg

message: In addition to an expansion, this revision brought the article into a standard format and de-plagarized it. The former "Alternate Global Names" section is blanked because most of the languages cited have no relevance to a South American species. The one that is relevant to the species' range is Spanish, and the Spanish name for it differs among the four countries but only one name is listed, without the country. However, the section is saved in case someone wants to reinstate some or all of it. The information from beautyofbirds.com and charismaticplanet.com is replaced by data from more authoritative sources; those websites cite no sources but appear to have lifted some of their information from Cornell's Birds of the World or its predecessors (much of it verbatim). Craigthebirder (talk) 16:15, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Major revision of March 13, 2022
Talk:Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche

message: That is his present formal title.Sylvain1972 (talk) 20:35, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I support the move. - Owlmonkey (talk) 00:56, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Move to Khenchen Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche?
Talk:Why Did I Get Married?

message: I've reverted this edit because I think it's an attempt to beat about the bush.
The plot section is rena
Header text	Header text	Header text
Example    	Example    	Example
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med "premise" and a substantial proportion is removed as "unsourced" (a bad move, I think, simply because we don't demand rigorous sourcing of the plot of publicly released movies).
The Box Office Performance section doesn't seem unreasonable, but because of the other problems with that edit I've chosen to revert the whole thing.  That section can be restored individually I desired. --Tony Sidaway 23:56, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've reverted your edit and re-added new additions to the article by Dreby14. All you had to do was re-insert the text from the Plot section that I removed. Reverting the entire edit was unnecessary. I added information on the box office gross, with a reference. Based on that, I added the  template. I also removed an improper <ref> tag from the Critical reception section. You think that "doesn't seem very productive"? I removed that text from the Plot section because *I* wrote it (based on another user's edits) and it was unsourced. The policy on verifiability says unsourced material may be removed at any time. I don't see why text that falls under a ==Plot== heading should be exempt from policy. You're assuming unsourced material (headings and the content that falls under them) is accurate. Text is not accurate simply because it has two equal signs put before and after it. Assuming headings are accurate is a faulty assumption, and assuming any text that comes after a Plot heading is accurate is also a faulty assumption (unless the text is sourced). Removing the entire Plot section would follow policy since it's likely original research. The only way an editor can prove they are not performing original research is to provide a source for their edits. If you want to re-insert the text into the Plot section, find a source that has published it. Rotten Tomatoes lists 14 reviews you can look through. Please consider making some productive edits yourself instead of reverting constructive edits. --Pixelface 01:07, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Explanation of [[User:Tony Sidaway|Tony Sidaway]]'s revert of an edit by [[User:Pixelface|Pixelface]]