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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Grahame Walbridge" data-source="post: 3241681" data-attributes="member: 130349">Have just checked where Lunigianno is and it is in Tuscany. According to Svensson (2013) Western only breeds in the extreme north-west of Italy, in parts of Liguria and Piedmont. Moltoni's breeds in Tuscany as does Eastern Subalpine Warbler. So, the initial images on 28 Jun 2015 may well be an Eastern as Harry suggested in his his earlier comment.Looking at the videos, the first two show a female but I cannot make out the tail pattern from the brief clips. The third video is more helpful, at one point the bird clearly displays its opened tail to a second bird, a female. However, I am finding it very difficult 1) to resolve the precise colour tones of the underparts (1st-su male?) and 2) in freezing the tail sharp enough to make out the precise pattern of white on t5 & t6. Western typically shows more pure white on the inner web of t6 and this bird appears to be sullied greyish which is better for Moltoni's.Eastern can be safely eliminated on tail pattern, therefore it ought to be Molton's on range.</blockquote>