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    Gruiformes and Charadriiformes

    It's German, not Swedish. Ochropus: große Sandläußer (No idea, but I'm guessing "big sandpiper") Tringa: Brachvogel (which refers to Curlews these days)
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    How many of the potential raptor species for the U.K have people seen?

    Levant Sparrowhawk should also be included on any list of potential new species for the UK. While I don't think there have been too many records in Western Europe (but I also know next to nothing about this species), it seems like it should be easily as likely as some of the other suggestions...
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    How's Your 2024 List Going?

    185. Pallid Swift One member of the tiny colony that breeds in the centre of Gijón.
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    Question about Eastern Black-eared Wheatear

    No problem. It's funny because it's something that I was actually thinking about myself this weekend after seeing my first Western Black-eareds.
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    Question about Eastern Black-eared Wheatear

    As far as I'm aware there's no definitive study that has looked at the cause for the difference, however it is likely to be a polymorphism (like, say eye colour in humans) that might be governed by a few alleles and not necessarily a difference between subspecies per se. There's a relatively...
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    Subspecies groups and future splits

    Lilac?
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    How's Your 2024 List Going?

    Last ones from this little trip. This time in the Villafáfila area: 171. Hen Harrier 172. Black-winged Stilt 173. Gull-billed Tern 174. Wood Sandpiper 175. Rock Sparrow 176. Pied Avocet 177. Common Redshank 178. Little Owl 179. Greater Flamingo 180. Little Ringed Plover 181. European Pied...
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    Subspecies groups and future splits

    My only suggestion would be to switch "heliotrope" for something else. I don't know why but I absolutely hate that word 😅
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    Turdidae

    If I remember correctly, this isn't the first paper on selection against hybrids due to the migratory divide. Maybe there wasn't enough evidence for the proposal to pass then. Maybe now?
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    How's Your 2024 List Going?

    Two more along the river in Zamora this afternoon: 169. Eurasian Penduline Tit 170. Common Reed Warbler
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    Your Most Recent "Life" Bird

    Today outside Zamora, Thekla's Lark quickly followed by a stunning Western Black-eared Wheatear took me to 2164
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    How's Your 2024 List Going?

    Very successful morning in the Douro River area, just outside Zamora. Managed to get two lifers! 158. Eurasian Hoopoe 159. European Bee-eater 160. Western Subalpine Warbler 161. Thekla's Lark 162. Western Black-eared Wheatear 163. Rock Bunting 164. Spanish Sparrow 165. Common Cuckoo 166. Black...
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    How's Your 2024 List Going?

    And one more this evening in Zamora: 157. Tawny Owl
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    How's Your 2024 List Going?

    A few more on a walk around Salamanca: 151. Common Swift 152. Eurasian Tree Sparrow 153. Common Nightingale 154. Western Bonelli's Warbler 155. Cirl Bunting 156. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
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    Your Most Recent "Life" Bird

    Iberian Magpie, near Toro, Spain. Takes me to 2162. Hopefully I'll get a couple more in the next few days.
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