Talk:Fernandina's flicker

Endemic? perhaps not good word choice? Refers often to Disease
Although the word links to Endemism, and seems to be the appropriate naturalist/biologist term, in the majority of cases in the English language, the word "endemic" is a term used as a medical term to refer to diseases. Similar to "pandemic." When I first read the line, I was expecting to read that the woodpecker caused problems through overpopulation. I plan on replacing the word with "native" which is better because its simplier, more direct and more appropriate. Cuvtixo (talk) 16:32, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry, but "native" does not mean the same thing as "endemic"! Native means a bird is natural there: i.e. that it hasn't been introduced.  Endemic means that it's found there and only there.  Two very different concepts. The word is wiki-linked, and I'm happy to include the biological definition in the sentence if that makes it clearer for you and others, but replacing it with "native" is not a good solution! MeegsC | Talk 16:40, 11 December 2007 (UTC)