Talk:Leaf warbler

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reverted changes - redundant links and incorrect order of species jimfbleak 17:01, 28 May 2005 (UTC)

"Horny"??
From time to time, several IP addresses have been insisting on having this article say that leaf-warblers are "horny". One of these editors said in an edit summary that this is a commonly used term in ornithology and refers to the beak, but the change has been repeatedly reverted by users and bots who (I assume) think it is sexually related vandalism. Is there any acceptable alternative term (possibly "horn-beaked" or "horn-billed") that is accepted in the scientific community, would be clear to the average reader, and would avoid the mistaken assumption of vandalism? Or is this the one and only correct term, and we need to figure out some way to get people to understand and accept this fact? Or is this whole "horny bird" thing in fact really vandalism (and the claimed explanation is bogus)? Rich wales (talk · contribs) 14:38, 6 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Per the discussion archived here, the consensus seems to be that the claimed explanations for "horny" leaf-warblers are bogus and the repeated attempts to insert this term can legitimately be discounted as vandalism. If anyone disagrees, please hash it out here (or at WT:WikiProject Birds) before trying to make this change again.  —  Rich wales 21:50, 14 March 2012 (UTC)