Talk:Fernandina's flicker

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A fact from Fernandina's flicker appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 December 2007, and was viewed approximately 1,820 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Fernandina's Flicker (Colaptes fernandinae), a woodpecker endemic to Cuba, is threatened by habitat loss and now there are fewer than 800 left in the world?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2007/December.

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Endemic? perhaps not good word choice? Refers often to Disease[edit]

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)Reply[reply]

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)Reply[reply]