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Hello fellow drones
I have a question: how do you capitalise animal names?
For instance, what would I do with Red Winged Starling (or red winged starling).
And does this apply to dishes on a menu - for instance Giant Tiger Prawns (or giant tiger prawns).
Any advice would be helpful.
Thanks
David

Hi there

On an actual menu it is acceptable to capitalise menu items but they should not be capitalised if you are writing a descriptive passage about said menu items.

Animal names are a little more complicted but the way I understand it and using the example you gave, is that it would remain a non-capitalised red wing starling unless of course there was a key naming word in with the animal name, for instance if it was the German version of the breed (if there was such a thing) it would become the German red wing starling.

Thanks Tomkin, appreciate your response & advice.

Cheers
David

As far as I remember, they shouldn't be capitalized in general, nn-specific meaning. NAmes of animals should be capitalized treated from the scientific point of view.