Talk:Cockatiel
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Tannin, in running text, I believe that the word "cockatiel" should not be capitalized. All text that I have read has not had it capitalized. The Chicago Manual of Style says this:
- 8.136 Common names. For the correct capitalization and spelling of common names of plants and animals, consult a dictionary or the authoritative guides to nomenclature, the ICBN and the ICZN, mentioned in 8.127. In any one work, a single source should be followed. In general, Chicago recommends capitalizing only proper nounds and adjectives, as in the following examples, which conform to Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.
- Dutchman's-breeches
- mayapple
- jack-in-the-pulpit
- rhesus monkey
- Rocky Mountain sheep
- Cooper's hawk
- 8.137 Domestic animals and horticultural categories. Either a dictionary or the guides to nomenclature ICZN and ICBN should be consulted for the proper spelling of breeds of domestic animals and broad horticultural categories.
- Rhode Island Red
- Hereford
- German shorthaired pointer
- Maine coon or coon cat
- boysenberry
- rambler rose
- Thoroughbred horse
AlexanderWinston 02:39, 2004 Jul 4 (UTC)
- We're purposely not following Chicago here. See Wikipedia:WikiProject Birds#Names and Titles. To wit, each unhyphenated word in the common name of a species is to be capitalized. This standard hs been adopted by several other sub-projects of Wikipedia:WikiProject Tree of Life, although there is still some debate as to whether or not to use this standard for all articles covered by ToL. You can follow some of the debate on the ToL talk pages. - UtherSRG 06:04, 4 Jul 2004 (UTC)
