An armchair tick for anyone who's been to Italy

["Tony Keene" <>]

One for me, at any rate (if the IOC accept it):
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/14947902

 I'd always been interested in the taxonomy of this bird, with various 
authorities treating them in a variety of ways. Some treated it as a stable 
hybrid of House and Spanish Sparrow, others as a race of Spanish and and the 
Dutch as a separate species. While some would maintain that the Dutch would 
split male and female Blackcap, they often appear to get things right in 
advance of everyone else.
 Cheers,

 Tony


Photos, paintings and drawings of Australian, NZ, Swiss and British Birds
 www.tonykeenebirds.co.uk
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