All Birds Wiki:Naming conventions

Use the most common name when possible
The article title should usually consist of the common (vernacular) name that is in English, following WP:Article titles:
 * Bald Eagle, Cheetah, Eastern Newt, Giraffe, Koala, Yak. Exceptions are detailed below. (See below for upper/lower case guidelines).

Use the singular form, including for groups or types of animals, following WP:Naming conventions (plurals): Beetle not Beetles (the latter redirects to the former). (See below for upper/lower case guidelines).

Do not use vernacular names when it is not clear to what the name refers. The name sardine is used for many different species of small, oily fishes; the appropriate things to do are to write an article describing the attributes the species have in common under that name, and create separate articles for each genus. However, when there is a clear core meaning for the common name, with other meanings by analogy, then it is okay to use the common name for the "true" group:
 * Many elongated fishes are known as "eels", but "true eels" are in the order Anguilliformes, so it's appropriate to place them at the article name "Eel", with the others listed at Eel (disambiguation).

When what is the most common name in English, or the veracity of that most common name, is so disputed in reliable sources that it cannot be neutrally ascertained, prefer the common name most used (orthography aside) by international zoological nomenclature authorities over regional ones. When there is no common name or no consensus can be reached on the most common name, or if it isn't clear what taxon the common name refers to (as in the sardine example above), use the scientific name:


 * Eulimella torquata was first described in 2011, and has no common name.
 * Drosophila melanogaster has no common name other than "fruit fly", which it shares with other species.