Talk:Modulatricidae
Family name update
[edit]The IOC checklist has used the name Arcanatoridae for these three species since it first recognized them as a family in 2012 (and the name has been mentioned by a few other authors), but Arcanatoridae was never formally made available. It wasn't until 2015 that a family name was published - but the authors of the name (Fjeldså et al.) chose Modulatrix, rather than Arcanator, as the type genus. IOC hasn't switched to Modulatricidae yet (presumably just an oversight?), so my question is: should we move this article to the correct name now (and wait for IOC to catch up), or should we try to always stick to the IOC (even in cases such as this where it's objectively incorrect)?
Ref — Fjeldså, J., Ericson, P.G.P., Johansson, U., & Zuccon, D. (2015). Three new bird family names. Pp. 33-34 in Winkler, D.W., Billerman, S.M., & Lovette, I.J. (2015). Bird Families of the World: An Invitation to the Spectacular Diversity of Birds. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.