In Ornithological should Latin Name be Capitals?

• by Angel_48

  I just wanted to make sure this is correct, in the original page we are working from, the Latin name is in Capitals, should we do the same or doesn't it matter?

  Posted September 26, 2013 10:41 AM

• by darryluk

  I don't put it in capitals. I use a capital letter for the first part (latin names usually two names) and lower case for the second. This seems to be the standard.

  Posted September 26, 2013 3:33 PM

• by Angel_48

  Thank you very much darryluk, glad your here to help. 😃

  Posted September 27, 2013 10:36 AM

• by Panasko

  Sometimes there are 3 words, first capital letter, second lower, and the third is capital again...does this mean it is actualy two words name?

  Posted April 13, 2014 3:56 PM

• by CharlotteBio in response to Panasko's comment.

  From way back in my past I think the family name has an initial capital, and species and sub-species are both in lower case (e.g. Sericornis humilis tregallasi). Sericornis is the family, humilis the species, and tregalasi the sub-species.

  Posted July 26, 2015 3:07 PM