User:VioletBrew

Hello!

I'm a biologist at Environment and Climate Change Canada. Canada
As part of my position, I'm contributing on Wikipedia to add the vernacular names developed by the National General Status Working Group for wild species in Canada.

Process to develop species common names in Canada

A comprehensive review process has been established to develop common names for species in Canada and the National General Status Working Group facilitates this naming process. Here is summary of the steps involved (full description is available here):
1. Firstly, English and French experts are hired to suggest common names for the species found in the taxonomic groups that they study.
2. The suggested common names are then examined by the Canadian Wildlife Services (Environment and Climate Change Canada, Government of Canada) to ensure that the taxonomic logic of the common names is sound.
3. The suggested common names are then reviewed by the Terminology Standardization Division of the Translation Bureau of the Government of Canada. This step involves a linguistic review in both English and French. If possible, it also provides an opportunity to align the English and French common names to ensure they have similar meanings.
4. Next, the common names are reviewed by the National General Status Working Group. A special committee, the General Status Common Names Committee, has been created to help the working group complete this task. Once this extensive review process is completed, the common names are published on the Wild Species website and many others.

This is an ongoing process, but the working group has already developed common names for over 12, 500 species! (list updated in April 2020)