Biology has its own language much like other disciplines. One of the shortcuts that is used to talk about birds, especially in print, are known as alpha codes. I don't know the exact rules but all birds have an alpha code. Here are a few of the codes that I deal with everyday here on Tern. Great Frigatebird-GRFR Masked Booby-MABO Red-footed Booby-RFBO Laysan Albatross- LAAL
Black-footed Albatross-BFAL Red-tailed Tropicbird-RTTR Sooty Tern-SOTE White Tern-WHTE You do begin to see patterns in how they are produced but some of the uncommon ones I still have to look up. The common ones, that I have memorized well, help to shorten the time that I spend on some of my data entry paperwork.
About Me
- gary nielsen
- My formal education is in biology but I spent nearly all of my working life in other fields.I spent 10 years as a California State Park Ranger and nearly 25 years teaching elementary school. My wife of many years, my grown children, and my Dad have been supportive of my volunteer activities on the edge of the planet
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