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Dozens of species of birds whose names have been clouded by racism and misogyny have been officially reclassified to avoid glorifying slave owners and Confederate generals.
The American Ornithological Society is changing dozens of bird names in the U.S. and Canada as part of an initiative to move away from names "deemed offensive and exclusionary."