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  "id": 232260,
  "title": "Mapping from 6 letter code to Common Name",
  "url": "/competitions/birdclef-2021/discussion/232260",
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  "post_date": "2021-04-12T21:49:15.291802900Z",
  "votes": 4,
  "comment_count": 4,
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  "content": "<p><strong>DO NOT USE</strong> - see the comment below<br>\nHey all:<br>\nIf you are interested in what the common name is for the 6 letter bird codes, there is a downloadable CSV here<br>\n<a href=\"https://www.birdpop.org/pages/birdSpeciesCodes.php\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.birdpop.org/pages/birdSpeciesCodes.php</a></p>",
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      "id": "1271752",
      "postDate": "04/12/2021 21:49:15",
      "content": "<p><strong>DO NOT USE</strong> - see the comment below<br>\nHey all:<br>\nIf you are interested in what the common name is for the 6 letter bird codes, there is a downloadable CSV here<br>\n<a href=\"https://www.birdpop.org/pages/birdSpeciesCodes.php\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.birdpop.org/pages/birdSpeciesCodes.php</a></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "**DO NOT USE** - see the comment below\nHey all:\nIf you are interested in what the common name is for the 6 letter bird codes, there is a downloadable CSV here\nhttps://www.birdpop.org/pages/birdSpeciesCodes.php",
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      "id": "1275674",
      "postDate": "04/16/2021 15:00:03",
      "content": "<p>Birds are abbreviated in a number of different ways, and that link has six letter codes derived from the first three letters of the scientific species and genus names.</p>\n<p>Those aren't the same as the primary_label code used in this competition, which instead uses the eBird system of abbreviation (in which the codes are derived from the common name in English). For eBird codes, use the <a href=\"https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/\" target=\"_blank\">Clements checklist</a>, which I have uploaded to Kaggle as this dataset:</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/jmreuter/ebirdclements-checklist\" target=\"_blank\">eBird-Clements checklist dataset on Kaggle</a></p>\n<p>The advantage of that list is that it also provides taxonomy info. </p>\n<p>For anyone wondering why you should care about taxonomy, check out this EDA notebook of mine: <br>\n<a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/jmreuter/a-birder-s-eye-view-of-the-metadata-with-taxonomy\" target=\"_blank\">A birder's eye view of the metadata with taxonomy</a></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Birds are abbreviated in a number of different ways, and that link has six letter codes derived from the first three letters of the scientific species and genus names.\n\nThose aren't the same as the primary_label code used in this competition, which instead uses the eBird system of abbreviation (in which the codes are derived from the common name in English). For eBird codes, use the [Clements checklist](https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/), which I have uploaded to Kaggle as this dataset:\n\n[eBird-Clements checklist dataset on Kaggle](https://www.kaggle.com/jmreuter/ebirdclements-checklist)\n\nThe advantage of that list is that it also provides taxonomy info. \n\nFor anyone wondering why you should care about taxonomy, check out this EDA notebook of mine: \n[A birder's eye view of the metadata with taxonomy](https://www.kaggle.com/jmreuter/a-birder-s-eye-view-of-the-metadata-with-taxonomy)",
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      "id": "1275980",
      "postDate": "04/17/2021 00:12:42",
      "content": "<p>Thanks for that - I saw the first column of 4 letter codes based on species and I assumed the 6 letter was an expansion of the common name (silly me). Thanks for catching that, giving us the new data, and explaining something I wasn't sure how to quite explain to the non-birders in our group. </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thanks for that - I saw the first column of 4 letter codes based on species and I assumed the 6 letter was an expansion of the common name (silly me). Thanks for catching that, giving us the new data, and explaining something I wasn't sure how to quite explain to the non-birders in our group.",
      "votes": null
    },
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      "id": "1276331",
      "postDate": "04/17/2021 12:17:41",
      "content": "<p>Glad to be able to help. The multiple abbreviation approaches can definitely get confusing. Over the last few years, I've learned the four-letter codes for the birds of my region, but woking with the six letter codes is new to me. </p>\n<p>Some of the abbreviations can be amusing. What image does the brain conjure up for \"cangoo\"? A cylindrical container of sticky stuff? Now reprogram that to Canada Goose. But I have to say my favorite is \"batpig1\", a bird that I may forever envision a winged farm animal. Turns out it is the Band-tailed Pigeon; I was really amused to listen to this recording of one and realize that the vocalization is reminiscent of a bellowing farm animal (especially around the 25-30 second mark): <a href=\"https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/107666\" target=\"_blank\">https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/107666</a></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Glad to be able to help. The multiple abbreviation approaches can definitely get confusing. Over the last few years, I've learned the four-letter codes for the birds of my region, but woking with the six letter codes is new to me. \n\nSome of the abbreviations can be amusing. What image does the brain conjure up for \"cangoo\"? A cylindrical container of sticky stuff? Now reprogram that to Canada Goose. But I have to say my favorite is \"batpig1\", a bird that I may forever envision a winged farm animal. Turns out it is the Band-tailed Pigeon; I was really amused to listen to this recording of one and realize that the vocalization is reminiscent of a bellowing farm animal (especially around the 25-30 second mark): https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/107666",
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    {
      "id": "1276782",
      "postDate": "04/18/2021 00:41:20",
      "content": "<p>Yeah I was raised on the 4 - TUVU TUVU<br>\nOh we have batpig1 here in Santa Cruz - they are hilarious. They look like a cross between a pigeon and a chicken. They are hilarious when they land on a branch that is too light to support them.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Yeah I was raised on the 4 - TUVU TUVU\nOh we have batpig1 here in Santa Cruz - they are hilarious. They look like a cross between a pigeon and a chicken. They are hilarious when they land on a branch that is too light to support them.",
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      "id": 1275674,
      "author_name": "jmreuter",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "04/16/2021 15:00:03",
      "content": "<p>Birds are abbreviated in a number of different ways, and that link has six letter codes derived from the first three letters of the scientific species and genus names.</p>\n<p>Those aren't the same as the primary_label code used in this competition, which instead uses the eBird system of abbreviation (in which the codes are derived from the common name in English). For eBird codes, use the <a href=\"https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/\" target=\"_blank\">Clements checklist</a>, which I have uploaded to Kaggle as this dataset:</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/jmreuter/ebirdclements-checklist\" target=\"_blank\">eBird-Clements checklist dataset on Kaggle</a></p>\n<p>The advantage of that list is that it also provides taxonomy info. </p>\n<p>For anyone wondering why you should care about taxonomy, check out this EDA notebook of mine: <br>\n<a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/jmreuter/a-birder-s-eye-view-of-the-metadata-with-taxonomy\" target=\"_blank\">A birder's eye view of the metadata with taxonomy</a></p>",
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      "id": 1275980,
      "author_name": "thesteve0",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "04/17/2021 00:12:42",
      "content": "<p>Thanks for that - I saw the first column of 4 letter codes based on species and I assumed the 6 letter was an expansion of the common name (silly me). Thanks for catching that, giving us the new data, and explaining something I wasn't sure how to quite explain to the non-birders in our group. </p>",
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        {
          "id": 1276331,
          "author_name": "jmreuter",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "04/17/2021 12:17:41",
          "content": "<p>Glad to be able to help. The multiple abbreviation approaches can definitely get confusing. Over the last few years, I've learned the four-letter codes for the birds of my region, but woking with the six letter codes is new to me. </p>\n<p>Some of the abbreviations can be amusing. What image does the brain conjure up for \"cangoo\"? A cylindrical container of sticky stuff? Now reprogram that to Canada Goose. But I have to say my favorite is \"batpig1\", a bird that I may forever envision a winged farm animal. Turns out it is the Band-tailed Pigeon; I was really amused to listen to this recording of one and realize that the vocalization is reminiscent of a bellowing farm animal (especially around the 25-30 second mark): <a href=\"https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/107666\" target=\"_blank\">https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/107666</a></p>",
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          "id": 1276782,
          "author_name": "thesteve0",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "04/18/2021 00:41:20",
          "content": "<p>Yeah I was raised on the 4 - TUVU TUVU<br>\nOh we have batpig1 here in Santa Cruz - they are hilarious. They look like a cross between a pigeon and a chicken. They are hilarious when they land on a branch that is too light to support them.</p>",
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    "1271752": "**DO NOT USE** - see the comment below\nHey all:\nIf you are interested in what the common name is for the 6 letter bird codes, there is a downloadable CSV here\nhttps://www.birdpop.org/pages/birdSpeciesCodes.php",
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    "1276331": "Glad to be able to help. The multiple abbreviation approaches can definitely get confusing. Over the last few years, I've learned the four-letter codes for the birds of my region, but woking with the six letter codes is new to me. \n\nSome of the abbreviations can be amusing. What image does the brain conjure up for \"cangoo\"? A cylindrical container of sticky stuff? Now reprogram that to Canada Goose. But I have to say my favorite is \"batpig1\", a bird that I may forever envision a winged farm animal. Turns out it is the Band-tailed Pigeon; I was really amused to listen to this recording of one and realize that the vocalization is reminiscent of a bellowing farm animal (especially around the 25-30 second mark): https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/107666",
    "1276782": "Yeah I was raised on the 4 - TUVU TUVU\nOh we have batpig1 here in Santa Cruz - they are hilarious. They look like a cross between a pigeon and a chicken. They are hilarious when they land on a branch that is too light to support them."
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