Talk:Rüppell's Vulture
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[edit] Behaviour
I have read recently that Rüppell's vulture flies so high because it keeps an eye on flocks of other species of vultures from above, and locates food based on their behaviour. The source, however, the Czech Airlines magazine, is not really a scientific one. Can anyone confirm this?
[edit] English name
Should the page be called Rueppell's Vulture in the English language, like Rueppell's Parrot is in English. Snowman 22:55, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
- I have changed the heading to use only English letters of the alphabet. The "o umlaut" is replaced with "oe". Snowman 12:42, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
- Checked 16 ornithological textbooks, and every single one uses Rüppell's, none Rueppell's. The argument about "ü not being used in English" is spurious in respect of names, and the argument about keyboards lacking the ü is nonsensical (even my grandfather's 1950s manual typewriter could type ü, and I very much doubt any keyboard produced since has not been able to do so). I'm moving the page back to its correct orthography. - MPF 12:57, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
